The Clearly Stated YouTube channel explains biology in a non confrontational way that is still unapologetic. I was pleased to see that the spinoff channel Casually Started was going to look at the Ark Encounter. It’s been a long time since a good video on the topic has come to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Science and technology
This Week in Science 2017–10–22
Scott Douglas Jacobsen
“Oh Friar, damned souls use the word banishment to describe hell.”
Scott Douglas Jacobsen There is a new course on the block on the cognitive science of religion (edX, 2017; The Ubyssey, 2017). It comes riding the wave of the Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, movement continuing to make inroads into the alternate-to-Academia educational route, i.e. more affordable, more points … Continue reading
This Week in Science 2017–09–24
Scott Douglas Jacobsen “The secret to enjoying a good whiskey? A dash of water.
Do 43% of Canadians really think science is “a matter of opinion”?
There is a survey getting a lot of hype in the media now, widely reported under headlines like “43 Percent of Canadians Say Science Is a ‘Matter of Opinion’”. Given that 100 percent of science headlines in the media are misrepresentions, what’s really going on here?
Evolution vs. Creationism via “Scientific American” E-Book
Scientific American published one short e-book, Evolution vs. Creationism: Inside the Controversy. It relates to the perennial social controversy, creationism versus evolution.