Science Education & Policy
- The Singularity Hypothesis: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment
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Springer has commissioned an edited volume about the singularity hypothesis and related questions, intelligence explosion, acceleration, transhumanism, and whole brain emulation. “The book examines answers to central questions which reformulate the singul ...
Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Jun 17 2011 - 11:40pm
- Complexity And Professionalism
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According to Karl Popper, there are two contexts at work when trying to understand science. One is called 'the context of discovery', the other 'context of justification'. In many ways all human cognitive activities share similar divisi ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:19pm
- Performing Research On Complex Themes
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The last posts in this series will discuss some of the practical issues of performing research on complex themes. ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- So What’s The Deal With The Singularity Again?
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The Dutch translation of Ray Kurzweil's 2005 bestseller “ The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology ” (the title says it all!) is about to be released, so this post on 'practical PAC' will be a summary of my objections to this ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- Interaction Patterns
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Those who have been following my blogs, may have noticed that I develop certain patterns, which I then use to 'think through' certain issues or habits in science, or other intellectual endeavours. This blending between science and philosophy has ...
Blog Post - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- Still Think Girls Can't Do Science? Females Sweep The Google Science Fair
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Militant progressives in academia are determined to fix a problem that does not exist- how to get more females in science. Despite there being no gender difference in math scores for the first time in history and more Ph.D.'s for females than men a ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 19 2011 - 10:59am
- Let The Gifted Fly
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One fundamental myth of gifted education is "you can't put all the smart kids together, because the less-smart need the smarties around to challenge the others". You can reword that as "it's okay to drag down the smarter kids for ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jul 29 2011 - 10:00am
- What Model Works Best for Meet the Scientist Programs?
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Over the past several years, a growing number of trade associations, foundations and science and engineering companies have started major efforts to get scientists into schools and hopefully inspire students with what they do. The goal, of course, is to ge ...
Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Jul 31 2011 - 10:43am
- Classroom Display Boards: The Result
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Picture the scene: you are about to start in a new school as a science teacher. The pupils are due back in one week. You have lessons to plan and resources to prepare. You walk into your lab for the first time and see, with a sinking feeling, that the dis ...
Article - Daniel Chapman - Aug 31 2011 - 12:48pm
- California Science Center Has To Pay Fee To Not Show Intelligent Design Film
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A documentary on Intelligent Design, a flavor of Creationism, can be shown at the California Science Center under terms of a settlement announced yesterday. But the group that sued the center after they scheduled a screening of "Darwin's Dilemma: ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 2 2011 - 7:34pm
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