and for any other mods considering upmodding my post above, how about giving that point to the GGP AC instead (who originally asked the question, and suffered the consequences of Slashdot's resident anti-science troll mod crew)?
His non-scientific beliefs are why I am reluctant to buy GSIE for my nephew, although it looks like it would be a suitable book.. If any reader can recommend similar books about getting started in electronics, I'd be interested in their titles.
> Evolution is not science. Do not confuse the two.
It's sad that people think this, and just shows how far we have to go in this country in improving science education. Creationists have shown you a strawman version of evolution that is not science. Unfortunately, few lay people really understand what either evolution or science is.
This isn't that uncommon in the engineering profession actually. Engineers tend to be very conservative and religious; there was even an article a few years ago pointing out that a lot of middle eastern terrorists have (or had, they tend to blow themselves up a lot) engineering backgrounds. Engineers tend to have very black-and-white thinking, and that kind of mentality frequently leads people into fundamentalist religions. The respective mindsets of scientists and engineers are extremely different.
Ask him about Darwin (Score:1, Insightful)
Mims is well known as a creationist. Ask him why he trusts science when it comes to electronics, but not when it comes to biology.
Re:Ask him about Darwin (Score:2)
Re:Ask him about Darwin (Score:5, Interesting)
Not the AC above, but logged in...
Mims, why do you trust science when it comes to electronics, but not when it comes to biology?
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and for any other mods considering upmodding my post above, how about giving that point to the GGP AC instead (who originally asked the question, and suffered the consequences of Slashdot's resident anti-science troll mod crew)?
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This would be more interesting if you phrased it as ah honest inquiry rather than a passive-aggressive "gotcha".
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That you concluded it is not an honest inquiry says more about you than about the GP or Mims.
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His non-scientific beliefs are why I am reluctant to buy GSIE for my nephew, although it looks like it would be a suitable book.. If any reader can recommend similar books about getting started in electronics, I'd be interested in their titles.
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Get Make: Electronics - Learning Through Discovery [oreilly.com] published by O'Reilly. Books from O'Reilly are DRM-free.
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Get Make: Electronics - Learning Through Discovery [oreilly.com] published by O'Reilly. Books from O'Reilly are DRM-free.
Judging by the cover, that looks like a really good book.
Re:Make: Electronics (Score:2)
Don't need to judge by the cover, you can read an excerpt here [makezine.com].
I recommend the book highly.
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I'm the parent post, thanks for the suggestions. That Make book does indeed look good! I'll check them both out. Thanks again.
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Evolution is not science. Do not confuse the two.
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> Evolution is not science. Do not confuse the two.
It's sad that people think this, and just shows how far we have to go in this country in improving science education. Creationists have shown you a strawman version of evolution that is not science. Unfortunately, few lay people really understand what either evolution or science is.
Evolution is falsifiable [talkorigins.org] observable [talkorigins.org] fact [talkorigins.org] and theory. [talkorigins.org] It is science. [talkorigins.org]
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This isn't that uncommon in the engineering profession actually. Engineers tend to be very conservative and religious; there was even an article a few years ago pointing out that a lot of middle eastern terrorists have (or had, they tend to blow themselves up a lot) engineering backgrounds. Engineers tend to have very black-and-white thinking, and that kind of mentality frequently leads people into fundamentalist religions. The respective mindsets of scientists and engineers are extremely different.
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