Watching this video, I found myself wondering if this is what home schooling is all about. Is this the reason parents pull their children out of public schools? To keep them from hearing and understanding scientific evidence that contradicts their cherished dogma?
This tour guide at the Denver museum (not employed by the museum, by the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Misconceptions’
March 25, 2008
Oxymoron of the week: “Think creationally”
March 24, 2008
10 most historically inaccurate movies
Yahoo! Movies presents its list of the 10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies. I’m not surprised at most of these and am well acquainted with a few, although the list seems a bit heavy on films released in the past year.
I thought the inclusion of 2001: A Space Odyssey was downright unfair, considering it predicted the [...]
March 22, 2008
Lion-heart: gay or not?
The Guardian recently featured an article by Helen Castor on the real reason Richard I shared his bed with Philip of France. She notes that, as pointed out by Richard’s biographer, John Gillingham, there really wasn’t anything so sensational about this act that we now find so deliciously scandalous. It was about diplomacy.
This is rather [...]
March 1, 2008
The snobbery of hindsight
Have you ever thought back on something you did 10 or 20 years ago and thought, “If only I’d known then what I know now”? I certainly have. Is it fair, though, to kick ourselves for mistakes we made due to lack of knowledge or experience? Our decisions are based on the wisdom we possess [...]
