Faith in theory and curve-fitting, at least… Tommaso Dorigo reports some new results, which are based on a figure that could be titled “Why I Am Not a Particle Physicist #729”: “What’s the problem?,” you ask, “There’s a nice big peak there, looking a little like a black-body spectrum.” Ah, but that’s not the signal.… Continue reading Particle Physics Requires Faith
Month: December 2007
Colling: Not Crazy Enough
I have a good deal more synmpathy for the plight of religious scientists than most of my fellow ScienceBlogs bloggers. For example, I’m willing to believe that people can both have sincere religious faith and be practicing scientists, without assuming that they’re either brainwashed or evil. I really find myself feeling sorry for Richard Colling,… Continue reading Colling: Not Crazy Enough
Tree of SCIENCE!!! #1
Here’s the first of this year’s series of pictures proving that our Christmas tree is all about SCIENCE!!! (which, for the record, needs to be said like it’s in a Thomas Dolby song). Some of these will eventually get kind of obscure, but we’ll start with an easy one: This little guy, obviously, stands for… Continue reading Tree of SCIENCE!!! #1
links for 2007-12-11
Catholic World News : Vatican astronomer likens creationism to superstition Brother Guy Consolmagno, talking sense as always. (tags: astronomy religion science biology) Daily Kos: What was wrong with the debate education question A good discussion of the issues involved with merit pay, teacher compensation, and teacher’s unions, from a teacher and union member. (tags: education… Continue reading links for 2007-12-11
Tree of SCIENCE!!!
Chateau Steelypips presents the 2007 Christmas Tree of SCIENCE!!!: OK, it may not look all that science-y– nary a Tesla coil to be seen– but just like last year, this year’s tree is all about the science. I’ll be explaining how in a series of picture posts over the next week or so. So, well,… Continue reading Tree of SCIENCE!!!
A Call for a Science Debate
Following on an article in Seed and an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, ScienceBloggers Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum (of
Dork Nostalgia: Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time
“Do you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?” — Steven Brust, Dzur Way, way back in October, when I was annoying you all with DonorsChoose fundraining posts, I offered to sell post topics for $30. I’ve paid off most of these, but I have three left, one of which was for… Continue reading Dork Nostalgia: Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time
NFL Notes
A few comments from this weekend’s action: – My Giants improved to 9-4 after a squeaking out a close win over the Eagles when a potential game-tying field goal clanged off the upright. Weirdly, they are now 6-1 on the road, and just 3-3 at home– granted, they’ve played better teams at home than on… Continue reading NFL Notes
links for 2007-12-10
The Little Professor: The Golden Compass Less “atheist” than “Protestant.” (tags: literature religion review movies SF) westerblog » Blog Archive » One Last Pullman Post An important clarification regarding what happens to the Authority in His Dark Materials. (tags: religion books literature movies SF)
Book Report
It’s been a couple of weeks since the last progress report, and Emmy is getting concerned. So what’s the status of the book, anyway?