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The Skepticism in the Classroom thread wandered into the territory of optical illusions. I'm sure there are other threads that deal with this, but it's a topic worthy of a periodic refresh. A whole class of excellent optical illusions rely on receptor fatigue. Articulett points us to a Jerry...

A friend of mine is taking a class at Dawson college in Montreal called "Darwin's Tea Party." It's basically a course on the social implications of biological advancements throughout history. Pretty soon they're going to have a section on genetic modification. I'm a molecular bio student...

As many of you have probably noticed by now, I've got a Doggerel Index, covering a lot of the useless words and arguments woos use. I've got one in particular on the word, "Quantum" that I'm considering updating, or making a sequel to. Maybe something like "Quantum Mechanics Proves [Woo]!" The...

http://health.msn.com/menshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100119940&GT1=7538#1 Some of these sound dubious at best. Like #5 - wiggle a bone in your nasal cavity to clear your sinuses. And #7 - relieve a toothache by rubbing ice on your hand. And #12 - slow your heart by blowing on your...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/01/life.bible.general.reut/index.html New U.S. textbook aims to teach Bible Thursday, December 1, 2005; Posted: 10:04 a.m. EST (15:04 GMT) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Since the U.S. Supreme Court banned the promotion of religion in public schools in 1963...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/01/life.bible.general.reut/index.html ...full article Religion in sheep's clothing? I'd be much more inclined to support this book if it were re-written to include "the good, the bad and the ugly" of the Bible and it's history. Only presenting the "good"...

From this thread This thread made me wonder; if the unthinkable should happen and ID becomes part of education in schools somewhere, what is there to teach? It appears to me that ID theory doesn't actually contain anything, it mainly just says that evolution is wrong. For instance, have they...

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050818/NEWS02/508180520 An Indianapolis father can share his Wiccan beliefs and rituals with his 10-year-old son, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday in a unanimous decision upholding parents' rights to share their religion with their...

Perhaps the solution to the whole creationism debate is to make it a manditory part of the curriculum. Specifically, it should be part of a program to teach critical thinking skills to students. I'd be happy to put it and evolutionary theory to equal scrutiny.

I heard on the news last night the Hewlett pPackard is to lay oiff 18,000 employees. This got me thinking..... Throughout recent history we have been hearing about many such mega-layoffs. And then people ask, "Where is everyone going to find work?" Good question. Everyone expects some company...

as an alternative theory to chemistry? I mean, we all know that Evolution is just another theory, and that Intelligent Design is just as valid. Perhaps other theories that the dogmatic "scientists" call "scientific" should be challenged as well. I don't want to overturn science, I just want a...

Christian fundamentalists prevent teaching of evolution in US schools Christian fundamentalists prevent teaching of evolution in US schools NEW YORK John Frandsen, a retired zoologist, was at a dinner for teachers in Birmingham, Alabama, recently when he met a young woman who had just begun...

This didn't take long. Cnn JPK

I'm sorry, but I don't care what your political affiliation is, or what you think of the government schools, this is just downright offensive: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/0104/23teacher.html# So, apparently, a candidate teacher who is too smart, too intellectual, would "serve...

(This is on philosophy and not science because I am discussing the philosophy of science) There is a big problem in today's world. People are taught scientific facts, maybe they do a little bit of experimenting, but there is little time spent on teaching what science is. Take the number one...

http://www.raptureready.com/rap16.html Most of my contemporary heroes in proclaiming prophetic truth from God’s Word believe and teach that Jesus, in the Matthew 24-25 Olivet Discourse, did not touch on the rapture. Paul the apostle, it is believed–with good reason—was the first to reveal the...

... like teenage girls.

I am uneducated in this field. Also, A question I have: Creationists maintain that something had to createor cause matter/start creation/etc. Ignore the fact that their own beliefs are hypocrisy... but, is that false?