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Art: Make STEM into STEAM to bring the soul back into the modern world
Jerry Isdale has an interesting write-up over at the Adafruit weblog where he makes the case for adding art back into the mix of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. I heartily agree. To me, one of the things … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged Art, engineering, holism, mathematics, science, soul, technology
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Philosophy: Holism
Science and religion… are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there’s a feeling throughout our society that religious belief is outmoded, or downright impossible, in a scientific age. I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading
Farming: Some thoughts on Punxsutawney Phil
So yesterday was Groundhog Day, complete with its requisite trotting out of the rodent and an internet full of mocking said rodent and the people who flock to him once per year. Now, I will grant you that the whole show surrounding Groundhog Day is ridiculous and proves nothing except that people like to have […] Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Philosophy
Tagged Animals, Farming, Groundhog Day, holism, nature, observation, Punxsutawney Phil, Reality, science
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Because what the 16 percent believe should be good enough for the rest of us
Via The Daily Beast comes word of a new Gallup poll that laments that just 16 percent of Americans believe in secular Scientific evolution. Now, I have all kinds of issues with polls, but this one seems pretty fair and straightforward. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, News, Philosophy, Science and Technology
Tagged Americans, belief, Beliefs, claims, knowledge, Polls, science, Thinking, truth, understanding
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Everything that’s wrong with science…
Via xkcd:
Posted in Philosophy, Science and Technology
Tagged boy we got that one wrong, comics, modeling, presumptions, science
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