Comments for British Centre for Science Education

Comment on Always Feeding and Gloating for More by Roger Stanyard

Roger Stanyard — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:44:39 +0000

Ray Comfort is one of the bigger clowns amongst creationists. Seems to have been linked or associated with Truth in Science as well.

Comment on News Round - Scientific American on Evolution by Roger Stanyard

Roger Stanyard — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:41:59 +0000

I read the issue fo Scientific American yesterday. Very good, indeed.

Comment on News Round - Scientific American on Evolution by Scott Isebrand

Scott Isebrand — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:42:31 +0000

Excellent group of links. Thanks.

Comment on Always Feeding and Gloating for More by Brian Jordan

Brian Jordan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:30:51 +0000

Well worth waiting for. Thanks. (Oh, and have a banana - latest version).

Comment on A View From the Pulpit - Evangelical Christian by Brian Jordan

Brian Jordan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:40:58 +0000

““If you want pupils to learn and engage with learning, you can’t say, ‘That’s a load of rubbish’,” Professor Bell said.”
Would he have said that about astrology, palmistry or alchemy then?

“And Professor Bell points out that creationist beliefs are a key tenet of religious faith for many Muslim pupils.

“You cannot simply go roughshod over people’s beliefs,” he said. “That’s about respect for the individual and their rights.”

Telling them that it’s a load of rubbish would be rude and hurtful, perhaps, but telling them that religious beliefs have nothing to do with science and should be discussed elsewhere is not. It’s the only possible answer. Getting drawn into “debates” about religion has no place in the science classroom.

Comment on A View From the Pulpit - Evangelical Christian by Brian Jordan

Brian Jordan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:44:42 +0000

“And this is where Professor Reiss stepped in: he was a classroom pragmatist, rather than a panderer to the religious.” Oh no he wasn’t, oh yes he was.

Comment on Blog Focus - GumbyTheCat meets Conspiracy Theorists by GumbyTheCat

GumbyTheCat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:18:08 +0000

Thanks for the nice write-up! Much appreciated.

Comment on A creationist apology by Alan

Alan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:08:07 +0000

Thunderf00t is a Brit who lives in Ithaca, NY and who produces science videos that more often than not take on creationism. He seems to have a good science background and, most likely, a university connection. Since there is little around Ithaca, I’m betting he is somehow affiliated with Cornell University.

Anyhow, thanks UK for lending him to us
This country needs a good dose of science and a religious debunking. Thunderf00t’s videos do both - he produces videos giving evidence of evolution and also has a humorous and informative series called “Why to people laugh at creationists?”.

From what I understand, creationism is not a huge problem in Europe or Australia, but here in the US these guys have been a real pain. Perhaps with the election of Senator (now President-elect) Obama, their political influence will wane. In the meantime, hat’s off to Thunderf00t and his comrades-in-arms CDK007, Potholer54, ExtantDodo, et al.
Alan

Comment on Blog Corner - Earth Explained by Jon Castro

Jon Castro — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:05:10 +0000

Thanks. I’m in the process of improving the home page, which will contain a lot more info, including articles, etc.

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:23:58 +0000

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