It appears to me that our people are disproportionately inclined more toward spirituality than science. Even though my curiosity about both started early on in life, I have had a long personal journey in shifting my focus toward science. The experience has been rewarding in terms of making me more knowledgeable about scientific thoughts and processes.
I have been excited after reading the news about አብረሆት library because I imagine that it will be one of the resources that help the young and upcoming generations about the rewards of pursuing science in the years to come.
አብረሆት is likely to uncover the depth of local knowledge that many of us may not have appreciated enough. It is inevitable that the appreciation of local knowledge would lead to the quest for Ethiopia's ህዳሴ። I have no doubts that this progression will culminate in more focus on scientific thoughts and processes.
One of my rewarding experiences from focusing more on science is uncovering the predictability of meteorological variability. It came out of an effort to attribute climate change to natural variability and manmade elevated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A journal paper on this research effort was published back in 2013. It is titled: Validation of predicted meteorological drought in California using analogous orbital geometries.
I wish that more young people show interest in and commit to the ideas of አብረሆት፣ ህዳሴ፣ and science in Ethiopia and produce more scientific thoughts in the years to come.
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Messele Zewdie Ejeta
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