After the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield reflects on the close friendship of Scalia and his fellow Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They sat at different ends of the ideological spectrum, but their friendship shows how important it is to able to “see the rich potential in at least some things about which we may never agree, but can surely learn.”
Why “Useless” Knowledge Still Has Value
The first question everyone asked after the existence of gravity waves were proved was: “How is this useful to?” To which Geoff Mitelman answers: “It matters even if it IS ‘useless.'”