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and that he has a totally badass sense of humor:

Read the article: The Real Spinal Tap

And listen to an interview with the director:

For some time I've been quietly following the "Texas textbook" debate. In Texas the Discovery Institute [wikipedia] has been pushing to modify the way evolution is presented in schools. They want the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution to be taught, and time given to alternative theories.

Christopher Hitchens wrote about this:

Its funny; doing my research on scientists' understanding of consciousness, what I found is that they don't really have any! It always goes back to the philosophers. Why? because they can't give an answer to the nature of consciousness, "not yet anyway," as they like to say.

I found an article that says it all, and way better then I could. so here it is:

In conversation with a devotee of science the other day I pointed out that science does not have a good grasp on consciousness.

(The conversation was carried out in a semi-public forum (viewable if you are on the proprietary platform Facebook). I am thinking to ask him if I can paste it here to share it with a wider audience. I think it is very illustrative of the concerns that those of a scientific persuasion have.)

Empirical research about psychological perceptions of science and religion:

A person's unconscious attitudes toward science and God may be fundamentally opposed, researchers report, depending on how religion and science are used to answer "ultimate" questions such as how the universe began or the origin of life.

"On the other hand, people may have a generally positive view of science until it fails to explain the important questions. Then belief in God may be boosted to fill in the gap," she said.

There are a number of places where (then-)contemporary science features in the Srimad Bhagavatam.

The 3rd canto contains a riff on Kanada's Vaisesika-vada — "atomic theory" — in the 11th chapter, entitled "Calculation of Time, from the Atom" in the BBT edition.

The 5th canto, as previously described, contains the then-current cosmological model.

This morning I read the following in the Srimad Bhagavatam:

"The scientific discoveries of the material world can also be equally engaged in carrying out His order. "

- Srila Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.36

On the 200th anniversary of his birth, the Church of England apologised to Charles Darwin [link via wikipedia]

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