Someone tweeted this cartoon on evolution last night: Some might find it to be a bit rude, others (like me, sorry mum!) might think it’s funny. What it makes fun of, is the hypothesis that life on Earth has an alien or extra-terrestrial origin, a proposal that is often attributed to Fred Hoyle. Of course,…
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Before I started thinking about evolution and education I did research on evolution and theology. Read reports and reflections on that research here.
Can “Spirit” Be a Verb?
I have been reading Philip Hefner’s work for a while now – not a big surprise, since his work is a major part of my dissertation – but until now I did not know he had his own WordPress blog. So I am reblogging this just to share my little discovery in the first place….
Why I Use Evernote – or: Why I Started to Enjoy Writing
– Tom Uytterhoeven – One of the topics that can start a vivid discussion between PhD-students, regardless their actual research topic, is the latest productivity app (another is where the best pizza is served). So I spent a lot of evenings testing out apps like: Omnifocus – good, but expensive if you want it on all your…
The Church of the Jedi
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution In the years after the first Star Wars trilogy, a group of dedicated followers built their own religion: Jediism. Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: You can be dismissive about this, calling it a joke that went out of hand. But I see the dynamics of culture at work, going from old…
The Mood of Secular Existence
– Tom Uytterhoeven – I just started reading Jerome A. Stone’s “The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence“, and he immediately raised a question I cannot answer myself. Stone describes the secular life, on p. 3: Given that the meaning of secularity is the loss of a transcendent source of meaning, secular existence will either find a…
Dog Diet Evolved To Be More Human
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution A dog’s willingness to eat just about anything you give him might actually be a key part of canine evolution. Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: Sure happy it’s not the other way around 😉 See on www.slate.com
How Epigenetic Information Could Be Inherited – Science 2.0
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution How Epigenetic Information Could Be Inherited Science 2.0 Epigenetics is a nascent, exciting field and due to its broad scope, it is used to rationalize the ‘it might be so’ potential of the mundane (evolutionary psychology) to the silly (social… Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: This is exactly what Geoff Ryman…
Idle No More: Evolution of a social-media movement Add to … – Globe and Mail
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Globe and Mail Idle No More: Evolution of a social-media movement Add to … Globe and Mail Idle No More: Evolution of a social-media movement Add to … The Globe and Mail. Published Thursday, Jan. 24 2013, 8:43 PM EST. Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: An interesting article for two reasons….
On the alienation of/by Thomas Aquinas
– Tom Uytterhoeven – Today we discussed two fragments of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa in the doctoral seminar (on theological anthropology and ethics; main theme: ‘Love’) I’m attending. We had prof. Andrea Robiglio as guest-lecturer. In this post I first give the question I asked about these texts, followed by the answer prof. Robiglio gave. Here’s…
Evolution: Education and Outreach – a SpringerOpen journal
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution RT @SpringerOpen: #Springer journal Evolution: Education and Outreach now #openaccess and part of the #SpringerOpen portfolio: http://t.co/667ZiIGG #oa Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: A great source for teachers, necessary in a world where evolutionary theory is misrepresented more often than not. Open acces! See on www.evolution-outreach.com