tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post94857542132851083..comments2024-01-23T02:32:28.567-08:00Comments on Darwin's God: A Spoof Taken SeriouslyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-38986781924734507122010-03-06T18:02:37.323-08:002010-03-06T18:02:37.323-08:00"The anti intellectualism in evolution is mor..."<i>The anti intellectualism in evolution is more common than many realize.</i>"<br /><br />Really, though, one ought to work on saying "evolutionism."<br /><br />For instance -- and regardless of one's opinion of either -- it is incorrect to contrast "Creationism vs Evolution" ... the correct contrast is "Creationism vs Evolutionism."Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-47727875607111667032010-03-06T10:26:12.948-08:002010-03-06T10:26:12.948-08:00Diogenes:
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That's a great video Cornelius,...Diogenes:<br /><br />===<br />That's a great video Cornelius, I love it. As soon as it started playing on my computer, my two-year-old ran over and enjoyed the hell out of it. Thank you helping me with his indoctrination.<br />===<br /><br />The anti intellectualism in evolution is more common than many realize.Cornelius Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283098537456505707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-61116590483979676892010-03-06T09:08:56.645-08:002010-03-06T09:08:56.645-08:00That's a great video Cornelius, I love it. As ...That's a great video Cornelius, I love it. As soon as it started playing on my computer, my two-year-old ran over and enjoyed the hell out of it. Thank you helping me with his indoctrination.<br /><br />TMBG are a terrific band, their music both for adults and children is great. I have followed them since the early 80's. Now I'm old, we have their CD/animated DVD Combos for children: "Here come the ABC's" and "Here Come the 1-2-3's". My son loves them both, and wants to watch them over and over.<br /><br />He learned his alphabet at about 17 months from "Here come the ABC's".<br /><br />We don't have "Here Comes Science."<br /><br />There has always been a great deal of science in their songs.<br /><br />On "Here come the 1-2-3's" there is a song "Triops has three eyes" which is about the triops, a crustacean with, indeed, 3 eyes. Puppets inform the audience that Triops has been around 220 million years. Take that, Ken Ham.<br /><br />And they throw in tripod fish to boot.<br /><br />Their song "Mammal" (for adults) is a startlingly accurate description of mammalia.<br /><br />"A glass of milk<br />Standing in between extinction in the cold<br />And explosive radiating growth<br />So the warm blood flows <br />Through the large four-chambered heart<br />Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have.<br />Mammal, Mammal..."<br /><br />Download it now.<br /><br />I wrote a good long blog post skewering the coffee-spittingly ridiculous science errors of the right wing fundamentalists: <a href="http://lamp-of-diogenes.blogspot.com/2010/03/creationists-and-anti-science-right.html" rel="nofollow">Your Science Makes Jesus Cry.</a> It's pretty funny.Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-69520489928358160032010-03-05T19:23:14.117-08:002010-03-05T19:23:14.117-08:00I'm not so sure it it a spoof. Truth is in the...I'm not so sure it it a spoof. Truth is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose, but given its context, I think otherwise. Other titles on the CD (as summarized at boingboing) include: <br /><br />"Put It To the Test" (possibly the best kids' song ever written about falsifiablity in hypothesis formation) cover the basics, the big Philosophy of Science questions.<br /><br />Then there's songs for all the major disciplines: "Meet the Elements," "I am a Paleontologist" (also delving into the joys of a science career), "My Brother the Ape," "How Many Planets," and the diptych formed by "Why Does the Sun Shine?" (stars considered as superheated gas) and "Why Does the Sun Really Shine?" (stars considered as superheated plasma) -- these last two are a brilliant look into how different paradigms have different practical and theoretical uses. "Photosynthesis," "Cells" "Speed and Velocity" -- you get the picture. "<br /><br />http://boingboing.net/2009/09/08/they-might-be-giants-1.html<br /><br />My favorite lyrics are in "Put it to the test" which teaches hypothesis testing and falsifiability:<br /><br />"If there's a question bothering your brain<br />That you think you know how to explain<br />You need a test<br />Yeah, think up a test<br /><br />If it's possible to prove it wrong<br />You're going to want to know before too long<br />You'll need a test<br /><br />If somebody says they figured it out<br />And they're leaving any room for doubt<br />Come up with a test<br />Yeah, you need a test<br /><br />Are you sure that that thing is true?<br />Or did someone just tell it to you?<br />Come up with a test<br /><br />Test it out<br />Find a way to show what would happen<br />If you were incorrect<br />(Test it out)<br />A fact is just a fantasy<br />Unless it can be checked<br />Make a test<br />Test it out<br /><br />If you want to know if it's the truth<br />Then, my friend, you are going to need proof<br />Come up with a test<br />Yeah, you need a test<br /><br />Don't believe it 'cause they say it's so<br />If it's not true, you have a right to know<br />Put it to the test (put it to the test)<br />Yeah, test it out (put it to the test)<br />Yeah, put it to the test (put it to the test)<br />Put it to the test (put it to the test)"<br /><br />By the way Larry, I'm not sure how I feel about logical positivism. I'm kinda on a Popper kick right now, and think falsifiability makes a lot of sense, especially in the way I actually conduct science. Hence, my choice of the above song!RobertChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755085870566406648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-65658659665423891822010-03-05T10:32:15.991-08:002010-03-05T10:32:15.991-08:00My understanding is that reports of the death of l...My understanding is that reports of the death of logical positivism are greatly exaggerated.<br /><br />Seriously, what do you think is the currently reigning -ism or the one you think works best?Larry Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642725101009530480noreply@blogger.com