Difference between revisions of "Team:SDU-Denmark/Tour64"
| (25 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
<html> | <html> | ||
| − | <h1> The Curios Little Story about a Curios Little Being </h1> | + | |
| + | <p> <i> "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." - <b>Albert Einstein</b></i></p> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <h1 align="center"> The Curios Little Story about a Curios Little Being </h1> | ||
<p> <span class="intro"> | <p> <span class="intro"> | ||
| Line 9: | Line 12: | ||
people's attitude towards GMOs. Actually, this mechanism is quite natural and concern many | people's attitude towards GMOs. Actually, this mechanism is quite natural and concern many | ||
| − | other instances. The less we know about a certain thing the more we fear it, and if the road is | + | other instances. The less we know about a certain thing, the more we fear it, and if the road is |
| − | paved with fear then irrational attitudes will be the offspring of irrational arguments. | + | paved with fear, then irrational attitudes will be the offspring of irrational arguments. Our |
mission is not to convert anyone's opinion concerning GMO, but to make people talk about it. | mission is not to convert anyone's opinion concerning GMO, but to make people talk about it. | ||
| Line 18: | Line 21: | ||
we decide to use it that can be ethically discussed. | we decide to use it that can be ethically discussed. | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
is the way to make sure that whatever opinion one might have, it is built on a solid foundation. | is the way to make sure that whatever opinion one might have, it is built on a solid foundation. | ||
| − | But how do | + | But how do we even start. People can be very hardheaded. Why are they hardheaded? |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | The have been shaped, twisted and | + | The have been shaped, twisted and turned by the circumstances of life and are in no way |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | what so ever in a place where such complicated issues | + | what so ever in a place where such complicated issues |
| − | as GMOs can prioritized. They do not | + | as GMOs can prioritized. They do not have the time... Then we |
| + | asked ourselves, if we were to share my thoughts on GMOs | ||
| − | + | with someone who has the time and it is not bias then that should it be? Children, of course. | |
| − | + | </p> | |
| − | + | <p> | |
| − | + | <span class="intro">Children are | |
| − | who has the time and it is not bias then that should it be? Children of course. Children are | + | blessed with an unpolluted mind</span> and a wonderful ability to ask the most obvious questions in |
| − | + | ||
| − | blessed with an unpolluted mind and a wonderful ability to ask the most obvious questions in | + | |
ways that require not so obvious answers.
But for these questions to come into existence | ways that require not so obvious answers.
But for these questions to come into existence | ||
| Line 45: | Line 42: | ||
and be verbalized by children, they must be introduced in a form that is understandable and in | and be verbalized by children, they must be introduced in a form that is understandable and in | ||
| − | some lengths entertaining.
If | + | some lengths entertaining.
If we can introduce |
| + | children to GMOs and at the same time tell | ||
| + | |||
| + | them a story with existential implications it just might do the | ||
| + | |||
| + | job.
Ripples of enlightenment | ||
| − | + | have been set in motion.
An introductory children's book about | |
| − | + | GMOs with an undertone | |
of existentialism.
For Kids. Why make it easy? | of existentialism.
For Kids. Why make it easy? | ||
| Line 57: | Line 59: | ||
<span class="intro">A story for adults and children</span> on the subjects of GMOs and Existentialism. | <span class="intro">A story for adults and children</span> on the subjects of GMOs and Existentialism. | ||
| − | Some illustrations are uncolored so that you can color them yourself. | + | Some illustrations are |
| + | uncolored so that you can color them yourself. | ||
There are both a digital version and a printable version. | There are both a digital version and a printable version. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:12, 18 September 2015
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." - Albert Einstein
The Curios Little Story about a Curios Little Being
All the statistics show that it is the level of knowledge regarding GMOs that constitutes people's attitude towards GMOs. Actually, this mechanism is quite natural and concern many other instances. The less we know about a certain thing, the more we fear it, and if the road is paved with fear, then irrational attitudes will be the offspring of irrational arguments. Our mission is not to convert anyone's opinion concerning GMO, but to make people talk about it. A GMO itself is not right or wrong, the existence of an organism cannot be wrong, it is how we decide to use it that can be ethically discussed. is the way to make sure that whatever opinion one might have, it is built on a solid foundation. But how do we even start. People can be very hardheaded. Why are they hardheaded? The have been shaped, twisted and turned by the circumstances of life and are in no way what so ever in a place where such complicated issues as GMOs can prioritized. They do not have the time... Then we asked ourselves, if we were to share my thoughts on GMOs with someone who has the time and it is not bias then that should it be? Children, of course.
Children are blessed with an unpolluted mind and a wonderful ability to ask the most obvious questions in ways that require not so obvious answers. But for these questions to come into existence and be verbalized by children, they must be introduced in a form that is understandable and in some lengths entertaining. If we can introduce children to GMOs and at the same time tell them a story with existential implications it just might do the job. Ripples of enlightenment have been set in motion. An introductory children's book about GMOs with an undertone of existentialism. For Kids. Why make it easy?
A story for adults and children on the subjects of GMOs and Existentialism. Some illustrations are uncolored so that you can color them yourself. There are both a digital version and a printable version.
Underneath this section we bring you a little teaser of our amazing children's book which is done by the SDU-Denmark 2015 team, sponsored by University of Southern Denmark and inspired by iGEM. If you want to read the whole book, you can open and/or download it right here: The Curios Little Story about a Curios Little Being Download
|
|
|