Tag Archives: Science

Why People Believe Weird Things, Redux

Michael Shermer wrote a book called Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time, which I own and have read several times. I always find it fascinating, but recently I’ve been thinking about Shermer’s main point: why, in fact, people do believe weird things. Shermer’s point can be summed up …

March 27, 2008 – 11:30 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Education, Science | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Understanding

I spend quite a bit of my time helping high school students understand physics and mathematics concepts, so I’ve also spent some time wondering how I can better help them understand things. It’s a tough challenge, because I’ve never been like other people in terms of understanding — I’ve always been such a voracious reader …

March 14, 2008 – 12:29 am | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Education, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments (5)

Science Limericks

Limericks are fun. Science limericks more so. A woman in liquor production Owns a still of exquisite construction. The alcohol boils Through magnetic coils. She says that it’s “proof by induction.” (You’ll want to think about the pun there for a little while.) – via limerickdb.com

February 18, 2008 – 11:02 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Science | Tagged , , | Comments (6)