Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
From Dr Pamela Gay, via a Facebook comment: “Dawkins expressed concern that if kids read fantasy it would encourage false belief and advocated that we need sci fiction, pitched a book he is writing over and over, and argued kids probably shouldn’t read fantasy. It was surreal. Search on tam8 on twitter to see others [...]
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Just have to see. Check them out at HolyTaco.com
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LOC – stands for ‘low on content’. I used to use that as one of my short-hand phrases on student work when grading. Often used along with phrases like ‘Ref?’ (reference please?), ‘NP‘ (new paragraph) and ‘rephr‘ (rephrase). Once, and I assure you, quite, quite justified, I ended up writing a ‘WTF??‘ A student started [...]
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*yawn* – man, this HAS been happening for a while! You might be thinking of 1991′s ‘Rocketeer‘ – but how about BRAZIL??? That was 1985 and was my first introduction to what I saw as the glimmerings of Steampunk! Sheesh, slap these ‘zeitgeist’ people on the head with a vacuum tube… Anyway – here’s the [...]
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Near me, on the bookshelf, are the collected works of?Philip?Pullman. They were a first wedding anniversary present (our effort to follow the various traditions about what you get each year of your marriage – in this case, paper). The Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass,?all in a hardcover, bound set. It was [...]
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Little Kitten – The Spoony Experiment
by podblack on January 6, 2008
Here’s a ‘Little Kitten’ for you – one of those non-post ‘hit and runs’ that I do where I don’t have much comment, because it’s clearly such a joy. The Spoony Experiment. You must sign on, ye gamers and Science Fiction fans (which you probably have already, since my partner is always online for this [...]
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