Tour was just not that interesting, They said CRISPR was invented at the Broad Institute, Google CRISPR inventor to get the real story on that - UC Berekley as a huge claim to that invetnion, And yes the guide mentioned all the contributions of the Media Lab to our society but there is so much more here, We stood across the street from the beautiful Kresge Auditorium and MIT chapel but didn't go near it, We talked about Olive Smoot's body being used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge but didn't close with the punch line: Oliver Smoot went onto become the head of the National Institute of Standards, We saw the Calder sculpture but didn't mention it was commissioned to act as a wind foil for the bad wind design of the Green building, I guess I'm saying put some effort into researching what you are showing and not just point out this building is this and that building is that, There are lots of stories here,
Відповідь від хоста
Oct 2019
Thanks so much for joining us on the tour, and for your feedback! I'm sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy you experience with us more. As with all scientific discoveries, the development of CRISPR technology has a vast (or should I say "broad?") history that includes contributions from many scientists from Spain, to the Netherlands, to Illinois, Vienna, and even Berkley. On our tours, however we focus on the contributions of MIT and their alumni. We do indeed include Mr. Smoot's destined profession in our script, so I'll be sure to remind our guides not to leave that out! As for the Calder statue, while it is a popular myth that it was built as a wind foil, the engineering majors at MIT will tell you that it's far too far away from the building to do any good serving that purpose. The Green Building did have an issue with wind initially, but it was solved with revolving doors, not art, unfortunately. Thanks again so much for visiting MIT with us!