"Han shot first"

Kate Upton.

I completely agree. Being a Christian, or professing any other religious faith, does not make you anti-science. There are, however, groups of Christians in the United States who are attacking science. It's my hope that people realize that they do not represent all Christians everywhere. I don't think there has to be a…

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The two are not compatible, politics implies an agenda. Science without impartiality can never be trusted because of either intentional or unintentional bias. Science is about evidence, politics is about perception, not even close to the same thing.

I want to say that I enjoy this blog. I especially enjoy the articles on cutting edge science and science fiction. However, I really can't stand it when your site attacks my faith...and rather maliciously at that. The words in some of your articles (and especially many of those who post to them) is at times nothing…

My thought is this: If science stops scaring off people who don't happen to be Liberal Atheists/Agnostics, then there would be more scientists. Just a thought

I think politics at its core is PR. It's about choice, yes, but much more it's about convincing people to make the choice that you want them to make. This doesn't always involve outright deception, but it does involve manipulating the way the choice is perceived and talked about. Politics almost never involves giving…

Science at the core of it is truth.

Science is political.

My useless BA agrees.

"we see again why science is not just another worldview, not just one opinion floating among equals, but a vital window into the world that we don't merely inhabit, but that constitutes our very nature"

I got a little uncomfortable with the oversimplification of quantum mechanics. I know my knowledge is pretty rusty (graduated in '86), but I'm pretty sure that electrons don't orbit the nucleus, exactly, and that light isn't emitted when an electron changes quantum state.

I was some what of the same opinion but after digging through the website I found evidence they were anti-vax. But my opinion is chances are that money wasn't going to pay for anti-vaccination propaganda, but rather helping autistic kids and their families, and funding research into autism. Is it so wrong for that to…

Thank you for your equally eloquent response, Espyverite. I assure you, the "mental condition" comment isn't meant as an insult. It's merely an observation of fact when compared to the reasons required of individuals to believe in a supernatural deity that leaves no trace of its existence for us to find. To quote…

Scientists once believed that the universe has no beginning or end. Religion has always held that the universe had an origin. So it was nice to see scientists finally catch up with the Big Bang Theory.

It's not like this sort of thing is happening right now on this planet or ever happened in this country or anything. Trust your government. You are supposed to fear the Republicans are waging war on women.

Hey, I can think of something more hypocritical!

Quotes from John Holdrens book Ecoscience:

What is it with Atheist scientists or skeptics in general, that as soon as they find out how things work they have to throw out the baby with the bath water. Don't get me wrong, I love science and I am a scientist at heart, though I'm also a day dreamer who can never quite resist to put every new discovery into the…

On the plus side, Cosmos spent very little time trying to discuss history. So we were spared overly-simplistic presentations of good guys (Bruno, Newton, etc.) and bad guys (Hooke, anyone belonging to an organized religion, etc.)