by Barry Fagin | Nov 1, 2010 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2005} To the management of the Colorado Springs IMAX theater: Dear Sir or Madam, I write to beg you, in the strongest possible terms, to show the best science films that you can find. Especially if they mention evolution. The best films...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 27, 2010 | Education, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{2005} In our senseless and bloody Culture War, people like me don’t exist. You know the war I mean. On one side: Bible-thumping Christians and cultural conservatives, utterly convinced that God is with them. On the other: The ACLU, atheists, and the usual crew of...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 19, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience
{July 22, 2004} If you look inside the latest issue of Scientific American, you’ll see the smiling face of an old high school pal of mine. John and I were cosalutatorians of our class. Our GPAs were a few thousandths of a point apart, so the principal let us both give...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 12, 2010 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{July 2002} I like living in Colorado Springs because we take ideas seriously. What should people dedicate their lives to? What is government for? How should children be educated? Our city wrestles with these and other Big Questions every day. Living in a town with...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 21, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
{from 2003} Our experience with trying to understand the world shows us we can’t reject a claim just because it’s extraordinary. Time and time again, science has surprised us with astonishing claims that turned out to be right. Such moments, when they happen, are...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 21, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{2002} Throughout history, humanity has been seduced by things we want but can never have. Few are more tempting than the search for “scientific” evidence of God. Long before science was discovered, wise theologians knew that the existence of God must be taken on...
