Re: [Phys-L] [SCAAPT] Fascinating article on why people don't accept (NOT "believe") Science

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2012, Jun 12, , at 11:40, John Mallinckrodt wrote:

> Dear SCAAPT members and friends,
>
> I hate to be the bad guy here--and, for me personally, this topic is of great interest--BUT I need to remind everyone that the purpose of this list is to inform its membership about physics-related events and other opportunities (e.g., position announcements) in the So Cal area.  If we clutter the list with discussions like this, we will certainly lose members and, as a result, the list will lose its effectiveness as an avenue for distributing information to physics educators in Southern California. 


Mmm...    Appears seemed to to have done it,  except for me.

I suggest moving this subject to phys-l, where such discussions are quite common, and often long.


bc at the Oxy SCPTA meeting.



Even MRI scans show the conflict when people are confronted with ideas discrepant to their intuition:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html 

Similar to the old "Private Universe" experiments conducted at Harvard in the 1980s:
http://www.learner.org/resources/series28.html 

   --- Steve >>>>



Was there 2 questions only?
1.      God created humans in their present form
2.     humans had evolved without the guidance of a divine power.
What about God created the universe, and humans as well as other living things evolved since then.  Should evolution negate creation and vice versa?  I agree that there is a problem, but it seems a 3rd choice is never offered in this kind of polls.
 
“the percentage of Americans that believe in biological evolution has only increased by four percentage points over the last twenty years.”
Believe does not belong to science.  Evolution is a theory, but one can believe or not in God.  Every year I have this discussion with my students.  I have to point out to them that evolution is noat an act of faith and that all scientists are not atheists.
 
 
It is still a fascinating article, Steve.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html#ixzz1xY0QQCI9
 
 

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html#ixzz1xXzG9Cyh
 
John Altounji
One size does not fit all.
Social promotion ruined Education.
 
From: scaapt-bounces@mailman.csupomona.edu [mailto:scaapt-bounces@mailman.csupomona.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Cooperman
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 9:08 AM
To: SCAAPT Members and Friends
Subject: [SCAAPT] Fascinating article on why people don't accept (NOT "believe") Science
 
Even MRI scans show the conflict when people are confronted with ideas discrepant to their intuition:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html 
 
Similar to the old "Private Universe" experiments conducted at Harvard in the 1980s:
http://www.learner.org/resources/series28.html 
 
   --- Steve >>>>
 
 
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