Following up on the sense of wonder post, as well as picking up some threads from my earlier post on Mundane SF, and the latest Scalzi article for AMC, I’ve had a lot of different thoughts percolating about a particular question: “Why write SF in the first place?” Of course Read more…
The generally used definition of othering goes along like this: The belief/insistence that someone outside the group is somehow, “categorically, topologically, intrinsically, DIFFERENT.” Also, the use of this belief, the not-understandable “other,” to re-affirm the group’s “normalcy” and identity. There you go, the human history of race, sex and gender Read more…
You may have heard about the move Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed which apparently exposes the vast conspiracy of the scientific establishment to keep “Intelligent Design” from being taught in science classes alongside Evolution. This is sort of like the Yankees making a movie bemoaning the NFL’s conspiracy to keep them Read more…
Wo hoo! I won Scalzi’s LOLCreation contest with the following entry: If you’ve read my earlier post on Science Religion you probably know why, though I’m respectful of people’s belief systems, I find the concept behind the Creation Museum eminently mockable. Here’s the point: Faith = The belief in a Read more…
I just got an e-mail from fellow Hamster Astrid remarking on my clipmarked post from Meme Therapy that I mentioned earlier. She brought up Immanuel Kant and the Categorical Imperative which is, in fact, a pretty good way of building a moral philosophy without recourse to God or religion. . Read more…
Jose, over at Meme Therapy just quizzed me for one of their “Brain Parades”. One of the questions he asked me, and subsequent browsing of the site, ignited a pet peeve of mine: WOULD EVERYONE STOP TREATING SCIENCE AND RELIGION LIKE THE SAME THING?!? “No, Mr. Swann,” you say, “I Read more…