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How Science should be Taught

May 21st, 2008 · by John · 2 Comments

Also, if YouTube suddenly went down, 68% of worldwide blog content posted in 2008 would instantly evaporate.
h/t to Friendly Atheist

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Tags: Humor · Science · Video

Spark: Abortion Taboo in Med School, too

May 5th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

“The Abortion Curriculum Has Left the Classroom,” a scary explanation of how medical students are graduating these days with a hole in their repertoire.
Spark is a category for sharing links. No intense commentary, just a link & a brief reason you might want to click on it. Something to Spark your Mind to Flame, if […]

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Tags: Education · Feminism · Reason · Science · Spark

Science vs. Religion

March 31st, 2008 · by xJane · 7 Comments

Religion is often pitted against science (sometimes against Science), as though it’s synonymous with atheism. Scientific arguments against the Divine were never compelling to me, since it seemed like they were combining unrelated concepts: if something on a metaphysical does or does not exist, appealing to the physical means nothing.
But the lines are drawn: science […]

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Tags: Atheism · Belief · Christianity · Science

Evolution and Creation Switcheroo

January 26th, 2008 · by John · No Comments

Some students at the Vancouver Film School put together this beautiful film project that presents creationism in modern science/business language and the birth of our solar system and the evolution of life in archaic, religious language and imagery.  I could say it’s provocative and thought-inducing, but I won’t.  It’s just plain fun, dammit.  Here we […]

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Tags: Creationism · Science

Stranger than Fiction

January 23rd, 2008 · by John · 3 Comments

I can barely keep my eyelids propped open, but I wanted to share some thoughts before I lie down for some sweet, sweet rest.
We live in a stranger universe than anything we could imagine on our own. Recent science news give tiny little snapshots of this crazy reality:

Scientists have discovered a black hole that […]

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Tags: News · Science · Science Fiction and Fantasy

A (Belated) Tribute to Carl Sagan on the Tenth Anniversary of His Death.

December 28th, 2007 · by John · 2 Comments

When I was in high school, I idolized Carl Sagan.  After watching Cosmos on PBS, my imagination would be fired up with visions of black holes and humid primeval forests.  He filled me with wonder at the vastness of the universe and the natural miracle that is life and intelligence.  I hesitate to make comparisons […]

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Tags: Atheism · Creationism · Science · Skeptic

Review of the Creation Museum.

November 21st, 2007 · by John · 9 Comments

John Scalzi, SF author and blogger extraordinaire (famous for Bacon Taped to Cat and the recipe for Schadenfreude Pie that we baked to celebrate the 2006 Democratic victory), gives us a guided tour of the infamous Creation Museum:
Here’s how to understand the Creation Museum:
Imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit. And we’re not talking […]

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Tags: Creationism · Science

Link: Atheists Under Cover in the Creation Museum

June 15th, 2007 · by John · 18 Comments

Virtual Tour of of the Creation Museum (flickr slideshow, h/t to bw)
Alternate link to regular flickr photo set.
Two (cute) heathens don homemade Jesus t-shirts (”I pity the foo who don’t LOVE JESUS” and “GOD don’t need NO science) and enter the Creationism Museum so the rest of us don’t have to. Save the twenty […]

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Tags: Religion · Science

The Opportunity Costs of Space Exploration.

May 24th, 2007 · by John · 4 Comments

I wrote this post a few days ago, in anticipation of a final paper due tomorrow. Here at Mind on Fire, we are committed to providing you with consistent quality content!
As we walked out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I explained to GameBoy why the annual Open House was a necessary thing.

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Tags: Science

Sunday Services at the Church of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

May 20th, 2007 · by John · 6 Comments

Sacrificed a day of studying and took GameBoy up to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Annual Open House. It’s a huge event. In fact, it’s a lot like Disneyland–distant parking lots, gaggles of families with young kids, and long lines. Only instead of rides, there’s science. And science beats out everything that […]

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Tags: OC Pilgrimage · Science