Neil DeGrasse Tyson says that our problem isn’t that our children don’t understand science, but that our adults don’t. Three comments: 1) Wind is not a finite resource as long as the sun comes up every morning and disproportionately heats …
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Scientific Illiteracy
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Science Is Not a Set of Facts; It’s a Process of Learning More About Our Universe
At left is an interesting thought exercise. Here’s everything I can think of, and it’s not much. When I was in elementary school in the early 1960s, it was believed that: The main types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, …
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation
It’s a pleasure to see that Dr. Brian Cox has become so popular, having joined the ranks of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, and a few others. This phenomenon of celebrity physicists is one of very few bright spots in …
A Note on Science
From physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei: In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. This seems to be an idea that’s gotten lost in the shuffle of the last …
Science and God
This reminds me of a conversation between Neil deGrasse Tyson and a televangelist. Tyson was asked, “So we don’t understand dark energy. Couldn’t that be God?” He replied, “If that’s the way you want to play it, sure. But just …
Climate Change Deniers and the Anti-Science Movement
Here, Neil Degrasse Tyson provides his explanation as to why there are so many anti-science, climate change deniers in our population. As is a common characteristic of intelligent people, he looks inward: Where did we fail? How did we allow …
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The Validity of Nuclear Energy
Here’s an article that will make my pro-nuclear group happy: an interview with Rachel Slaybaugh, giving an interview in preface to her talk at the SXSW Eco conference next week. There is no doubt in my mind that the majority …
What Science Can Tell Us – And What It Can’t
I’ve always enjoyed helping my kids with their homework, and, as they’ve gotten older, I’ve been learning a great deal myself from what I’m helping them study. Last night, I spent a few happy hours helping my son Jake study …
