david-shane (25)in #science • 6 years agoA quick illustration of science-thinking, climate change, and the public discourseWhat do we want "general education" students who aren't going to be scientists to come away from their college science…david-shane (25)in #books • 6 years agoQuick review and snips of George Gilder's "Life after Google"" Life after Google ", by George Gilder, is one of the more interesting books I have purchased by-sight from a…david-shane (25)in #science • 6 years agoSome tidbits about sound and earthquake waves(We talked about this in class recently, thought I'd share.) The speed of sound in air is around 760 mph , or…david-shane (25)in #photography • 6 years agoEast Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, last night, looking north.Polaris, friend of sailors, really does stick out in the right conditions. Was surprised how much I could see…david-shane (25)in #science • 6 years agoQuick tips I give students on interacting with public science1. Know what peer-review is, and isn't. Peer-review is a good thing, peer-review is not a perfect thing. Most…david-shane (25)in #science • 6 years agoChesterton, Science, and fooling ourselvesWas reminded today of some of G.K. Chesterton's comments about science in Orthodoxy - especially the way we like to…david-shane (25)in #christianity • 6 years agoJ. Gresham Machen on public education"A public-school system, in itself, is indeed of enormous benefit to the race. But it is of benefit only if it is…david-shane (25)in #christianity • 6 years agoChesterton on goodness and evil in the world"... But every man feels in his heart that none of these three paper plans is like life; that none of these worlds is…david-shane (25)in #christianity • 6 years agoG.K. Chesterton on Socrates v. Christ"No two things could possibly be more different than the death of Socrates and the death of Christ. We are meant to…david-shane (25)in #photography • 6 years agoThings seen on the sidewalk in Lansing, MIdavid-shane (25)in #photography • 6 years agoFamily in town yesterday, visited Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, MIFirst photo is a Guam Kingfisher, one of only about 200 left in the world, period, all of them in captivity. Second…
