Hello all, sorry for the long absence. You know, sometimes life just happens. Let’s just say that as long as I get that Neuron dematerialize in the mail this week the world will be saved once again!
Ok, in all seriousness. I recently got into several discussions questioning my belief in skepticism and my "soulless" love for science. I thought for the sake of brevity, and in order to remunerate my viewpoint I would turn to a couple of videos.
The first is just a gem that I found this morning on the nature of science and how most people have a skewed view of it.
http://www.wimp.com/skewedscience/
The next is from the TED conference, If you are not familiar with this, I highly suggest you check it out!
http://www.skeptic.com/downloads/ted_shermer_m_2005.mov
Science is not a noun but rather a verb. It is a method in order to explain the world around us. It is a comprehensive framework for describing, making and falsifiable about related sets of phenomena based on rigorous experimentation, observation and logic.
If you would like to learn more about the skeptic movement The Skeptics Guide to the Universe blog is a great place to start:
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
until I have more time,
Peace.
About Me
- The Rational Protagonist
- Rational: proceeding or derived from reason or based on reasoning: a rational explanation. Protagonist: From the Greek, to act ones part. Part Humanist, Part Naturalist, Artist, observer, Scientist, Part time Atheist, Human Being. This is the culmination of a lifetime of being surrounded by amazing thinkers. My grandfather, Father, and mother certainly played a role. As did my ninth grade Humanities teacher, Edna Mae Roten. There came a point where I could just no longer coast by in life. I watched my son growing up in a world of insanity, superstition, and rampant greed. It was time, time for me to do something. I can also be found: http://therationalprotagonist.blogspot.com/ http://simonspeaks.livejournal.com/
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