If anyone was watching tonight. NatGeo had a beautiful seris about evolution. Morph. It talked about the three lines of descent of the raptors to turkey, wolf like creature to whales and bears. It was esquisite. Next Tuesday they talk about Darwins travels. This is real science, real biology. Bravo National Geographic. Our next meeting will be this coming Friday and we have a guest speaker Asst. Prof Ma of MSU in economics talking about our current economic crisis. I will then the next week show a seris made by Richard Dawkins called the Genius of Darwin. A BBC documentary shown in England. I hope to show it in one hour episodes one or two weeks a part for the anniversary of Darwin and the Origin of Speicies. It you go to B&N at the mall an interesting thing I noticed. They have a small table holding books on evolution within sight of the religious books. I am getting to the idea that it is time we take the gloves off. If creationist want to be mean and deragatory about us and science then it is time when they come up with their excuses it should be made plain that their ideas are stolen, without substance and pitiful. Now we must continue with the work. Other ideas, astrology, homoeopathy, rikki, ghosts etc will be discussed. We should also discuss religion, as it is at the heart of much of this. I will try and get more guest speakers in the future also.
Peace
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A novel exploring the idea of what if you wished that there was no science. A combination of "Conn. Yankee in King Arthurs Court" and "Inherit the Wind". If interested in buying the book it can be purchased at one of the below links.
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March Quote:
Education on the value of free speech and the other freedoms reserved by the Bill of Rights, about what happens when you don't have them, and about howto exercise and protect them, should be an essential prerequisite for being an American citizen-or indeed a citizen of any nation, the more so to the degree that such rights remain unprotected. If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. (Carl Sagan, Demon Haunted World)
Education on the value of free speech and the other freedoms reserved by the Bill of Rights, about what happens when you don't have them, and about howto exercise and protect them, should be an essential prerequisite for being an American citizen-or indeed a citizen of any nation, the more so to the degree that such rights remain unprotected. If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. (Carl Sagan, Demon Haunted World)
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If you are interested in becoming a member of the Society and help fight psuedoscience, woo and all other forms of BS (Basic Speculation) then you are welcome.
Type 1 year 3 year
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Regular $25 $60
Student $15 $35
Senior Citizen $20 $50
Couple $35 $90
Becoming a member allows admission to all activities and events plus receiving a mug and or t-shirt (see the pictures of mug and t-shirt). Of course we encourage all to participate in our meetings, but those that are noncard members will be expected to pay a $5 fee for each meeting. Please leave a comment on the comment section with your name and email address. I will contact you as to arrangements for payment and receiving the items. The money is used to pay for speakers expenses, administrative costs, MSS items etc.
Type 1 year 3 year
--------------------------------------------------------------
Regular $25 $60
Student $15 $35
Senior Citizen $20 $50
Couple $35 $90
Becoming a member allows admission to all activities and events plus receiving a mug and or t-shirt (see the pictures of mug and t-shirt). Of course we encourage all to participate in our meetings, but those that are noncard members will be expected to pay a $5 fee for each meeting. Please leave a comment on the comment section with your name and email address. I will contact you as to arrangements for payment and receiving the items. The money is used to pay for speakers expenses, administrative costs, MSS items etc.
THE JOURNEY TO PARADISE
A novel exploring the idea of what if you wished that there was no science. A combination of "Conn. Yankee in King Arthurs Court" and "Inherit the Wind". If interested in buying the book it can be purchased at one of the below links.
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- Scientist and physician with interest in evolution, cosmology, religions and history.
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- Science Based Medicine
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- Skepchick
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- Skeptical Inquirer
- Skeptical Science
- Skeptically Speaking
- Skeptics Annotated Bible
- Skepticwiki
- Snopes
- The Millenium Project
- The New England Skeptical Society
- The SkepDoc
- The Skeptics Dictionary
- The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
- The Straight Dope
- Whats The Harm?
1 comment:
Minot Skeptical society? How long have you been meeting? How often? Can any infidel such as myself sit in? We are talkin' Minot, ND right?So many questions!
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