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The Wall Between Science and Religion: Part 2
Cross-posted to Facebook and Dreamwidth:
Yesterday I talked about how Neil deGrasse Tyson gave ten minutes of evidence (describing the scientific brilliance of the Muslim Golden Age) that spoke against his final point (that believers have no place in science), proving that Tyson may be a great astrophysicist but he'd make a terrible lawyer. Today ( Read more... ) -
The Wall Between Science and Religion: Part 1
Cross-posted to Facebook and Dreamwidth:
Last weekend I watched a for-the-most-part fascinating discussion of science history on YouTube. The speaker was Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist who you may be familiar with (he's host of NOVA scienceNOW and has made two appearances on The Daily Show in recent memory). The history he told was well ( Read more... ) -
Why we all want Citizens United to remain law.
Originally posted to Facebook; cross-posted to Dreamwidth.
For those who haven't heard, the Montana Supreme Court in Western Tradition Partnership v. Bullock has rejected the idea that corporations had the right to fund campaigns, claiming that there were special circumstances in Montana that meant the famed Citizens United v. FEC didn't apply. As ( Read more... ) -
Migration
I've begun a shift to Dreamwidth, for several reasons;
- All this crap. I'm personally most annoyed with their handling of icons in comments, myself, but the rest is pretty bad too. (Speaking of which, check your paid subscription status just to be safe ( Read more... ) -
A proud and distinguished profession.
I was reading the Mark Watches review of Firefly and, although Mark and I both love Joss Whedon's work in a lot of similar ways, we heavily diverge on at least one point of interpretation. That of the meaning of Inara and her "career ( Read more... ) -
On the effects of mass.
I'm doing this exercise again, but this time I'm giving you some advance notice: these are my Mass Effect characters. Refrain from asking about actual Mass Effect events (especially as I haven't played ME2 through yet and do not want to be hit with spoilers), but feel free to tailor your questions to your knowledge of the ME universe in general ( ( Read more... ) -
When nerds go to law school.
Every time my professor talks about a "UBO" (Unincorporated Business Organization), I hear "Yu Gi Oh!" And then have to resist the urge to type "screw the Rules of Partnership, I have money!" in my notes. -
Warning:
I'm probably in agreement with you on a lot of things, but if you assume that every last person who doesn't agree with you is a "stupid bigot," I'm likely to argue with you just to defend those "bigots" against the slander. I know and love too many "bigots," and I'd rather be labeled a bigot myself then allow people to get shouted down before they' ( Read more... ) -
To-may-toes, to-mah-toes...
Scientifically, a tomato is a fruit: nutritious plant tissue surrounding seeds, designed to be eaten by animals so the seeds might later be (ahem) deposited elsewhere surrounded by helpful fertilizer. But in cooking terms, a tomato is a vegetable because of its low sugar levels. If someone asks for a fruit salad, or a fruit sorbet, you would not ( Read more... )