http://www.ideonexus.com/ A miscellany of science, film, literature, and politics from a Humanist perspective. science en-us Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License, Ryan Somma. Some Rights Reserved. ryeguy123@yahoo.com (Ryan Somma) ryeguy123@yahoo.com (Ryan Somma) Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=theories-sfvsfantasy01 Science Fiction is more democratic, complex, productive, deep, plausible, and mature than Fantasy, despite the latter's superior popularity. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=journal-whyistoppedpursuingmymba01 The short answer: Because Economics is not Science. Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=greatbooks-foundation01 A Science Fiction myth, where Science and Capitalism are the protagonists. Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=greatbooks-collapse01 Jared Diamond's immensely thorough and complex book tackles the myriad reasons why extinct civilizations became that way. Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=greatbooks-theselfishgene01 Richard Dawkins' classic text is now considered an important part of the cannon of texts on Evolutionary Theory. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=theories-thingsaregettingbetter01 Disregard the "common sense" notion that the world is going to pot and civilization is in decline. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=journal-mygeneticancestry01 There are millions of years of human history that occurred before we started recording it. The Genographic project allows us to glimpse a bit of where our ancestors stopped as they migrated around the world. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=greatbooks-flatland01 A classic, morally-challenging tale from a world of two dimensions. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=greatfilms-planetes01 A fascinatingly compeling drama about cleaning up the space in Earth's orbit and the near-future of space travel. Part I Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=journal-portdiscover01 Science in my First Life. The coolest tourist attraction in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=hypotheses-scienceincyberspace01 Some thoughts about how the Information Age benefits science education. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=journal-scienceinsecondlife01 A catalogue of my many explorations of science-education resources in Second Life. Today we visit the SL Science Center. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=disputations-framingscience01 We interrupt your regularly-scheduled blog-post with a quasi-purile, semi-inchoherent missive on the Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto Dr. Moran's latest blog entry. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=greatbooks-theageofreason01 Thomas Paine wrote the arguments that sparked the American Revolution. He also wrote one of the most damning critiques of scripture-based religion ever composed. Thu, 10 May 2007 04:20:00 EST http://www.waygate.com/ideonexus/default.asp?article=disputations-globalwarming01 Why are we still debating this? Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:20:00 EST