#BillNyeFilm

I don't know about you, but I would love to see a documentary about Bill Nye's personal mission to change the world via enthusiastic science education. Please, help make this thing a reality!

Do it...

Personally, I'm also looking forward to seeing Bill Nye's notes on the Hamm on Nye debate, since it seems to me a slightly more intimate look into the mind of the man... and there's a certain childish glee involved in those Emojis, isn't there?

100% All Natural Cyanide

Please, do us all a favour and share this video to everyone you know!

Our Robotic Agents Continue to make History

So is everyone else bursting with excitement?

We should shortly be receiving images of New Horizons' close flyby of the distant icy dwarf known as Pluto, but in the meantime, we have its previous efforts to keep our imaginations busy.

New Horizons Spacecraft Displays Pluto’s Big Heart

Did you know that Pluto's diameter is roughly equal to the driving distance from St. John's to Quebec City?

Or that because Pluto's mass is roughly 60% ice, if it were as close to the sun as we are, it would be instantly recognizable as a comet due to the long tail it would form?

Or that I watch/listen to a LOT of Neil deGrasse Tyson's interviews?

James Randi vs. The Supernatural

I've been a little occupied lately, so posts may be thin again for a while. I'll try to share more links and videos in the meantime; like this one, from the man who will give you a million dollars if you can provide solid evidence of a supernatural event.

Popular Misconceptions III: Accounting for Life Experience

One interesting idea that somebody suggested - and which seems some of the opinions of activist (or, blogtivists at least) are based on - is that pure science fails to account for the day-to-day life of normal human beings; that it is therefore irrelevant to our daily lives.

A typical scientist, relaxing at home

Mirror, Mirror

Just wanted to share with you this article by an activist who was inspired to look a little more closely at an organization he so loved to hate when he found his own rational skepticism being blamed on that same demon.

IS MONSANTO SATAN? THE PLEASURE AND PROBLEM OF CONSPIRACY THEORY

BY ALAN LEVINOVITZ  JULY 8, 2015

Popular Misconceptions II: Science in the Media

Bad Science

The way I see it, a lot of the confusion and mistrust of science among the general public comes from  the way it's reported on in the media.

Popular Misconceptions I: Consensus

So, I asked some of my friends & readers for input on what they distrust about “mainstream science” - later clarifying that I'm referring to the processes of professional research, peer-review, and the concept of “scientific consensus”. I've decided to do another multi-part series, this time tackling each response individually, in the hopes of helping everybody better understand that system which advances our understanding of the natural universe.

Feel free to let me know in the comments below, or privately through the inbox for my Facebook page or Twitter account if there's something specific that you distrust about the way science is done.

Science is Not a Religion

http://www.slayerment.com/science-vs-religion-which-right

I've got most of another long post ready to go, it's just going to take a little more editing than usual. In the meantime, I thought I'd take a look at an argument that I've seen many times over, mostly when Atheists are debating Theists about the pros and cons of religion. This argument is often used to frustrate or undermine the scientific argument, to say that it requires just as much faith, that it inspires the same fervor. This argument is, of course, that Science is a Religion, just as dogmatic as the rest.