We’ve posted Gordon J. Glover’s YouTube videos before. He really has a knack for getting to the core problems with the “science” of Intelligent Design in a humorous, yet thought-provoking, manner. His latest series of South Park-styled videos introduces us to the “Design Detective.”
You can watch the rest of the installments in the series at the links below:
Design Detective: Episode 2
Design Detective: Episode 3
Design Detective: Episode 4
Five stars.
The latest installment from John Boswell at Symphony of Science:
I have been home from work for three snow days in a row. Along with scooping snow and playing with the girls, I’ve had some unexpected free time.
Time to relax, read, and learn something new.
It’s a great time to take in a YouTube lecture like the one below:
The lecture is given by Stephen Westrop, the curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma.
Here’s the description of the lecture posted on YouTube:
Look out, Internets!
Cheryl and I are expanding our presence on the web!
We recently created a “stand up for REAL science” page on this little up-and-coming website called Facebook.
If you happen to have your own Facebook account and would like to help us continue to stand up for REAL science, then we encourage you to become a fan.
I recently granted a request for the owner of the YouTube channel “Best0fScience” to post my “Evolution is REAL Science” videos. I’m excited that the videos are continuing to reach a wider and wider audience.
I’ve also updated the videos page here on the website. You can now download the videos in .wmv & .mov format along with the PowerPoint files that I used to make them.
Happy downloading!
According to an article appearing in the January 2008 issue of The FASEB [Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology] Journal, a survey of 1000 likely voters reveals that the respondents would prefer to hear about evolution-related issues from scientists, science teachers and clergy than from Supreme Court justices, celebrities, or school board members.
As science faculty endure the grueling track to tenure, adding one more component to their “must do” list doesn’t seem like a reasonable solution. But as these aspiring professors write articles for peer-review, they might consider including an interpretation of their work that the general public could understand, and having this interpretation released by the public relations department of their institution.
Keep in mind I’m not employed by a college or a university; I freely recognize that this idea might not be workable in the real world. What are some obstacles? How else could we foster better communication between scientists and the general public?
There’s a potent message for science teachers embedded in this article as well:
Perhaps this quote reeks of “man bites dog,” but it underscores the need for science competency in the general public, not just science literacy. More on that difference later.
