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

[Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

I agree with John M. that discussing politics, religion, arts, literature, etc, is not appropriate here. But this message prompts me to share a link to a philosophical article I recently published in American Atheist. Magazine. Parts of it are probably worth discussing here. Anticipating an objection I want emphasize that identifying one similarity is not the same thing as saying that mathematics is the same as theology.  The link is:

http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/theo/atheist.html 

Feel free to share it with others, especially with theologians and other philosophers.  

Ludwik
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On Jun 12, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> On 2012, Jun 12, , at 11:40, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
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> > 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. 
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> Mmm...    Appears seemed to to have done it,  except for me.
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> I suggest moving this subject to phys-l, where such discussions are quite common, and often long.
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> bc at the Oxy SCPTA meeting.
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> 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 
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> Similar to the old "Private Universe" experiments conducted at Harvard in the 1980s:
> http://www.learner.org/resources/series28.html 
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>   --- Steve >>>>
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> 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.
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> “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.
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> It is still a fascinating article, Steve.
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> Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html#ixzz1xY0QQCI9
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> Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html#ixzz1xXzG9Cyh
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> John Altounji
> One size does not fit all.
> Social promotion ruined Education.
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> 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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