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Rupert Sheldrake on "Science Set Free"
Is science really the realm of free inquiry, open to every good idea? Controversial biologist Rupert Sheldrake says modern science is mired in various dogmas - boundaries you're not supposed to cross, at least if you value your job and your reputation.
Science delusion?
Rupert Sheldrake argues that the mechanistic view of the world is a delusion, yet one has to only look at the products of science like lasers, optical communication, wireless communication, airplanes, space rockets, mind-controlled artificial limbs etc etc to realize that what we know about the mechanics of the world is not a delusion, we got it quite right, and the scientific progress continues. I think that Rupert Sheldrake makes a great disservice to the scientific community and the society in general spreading pseudo-scientific theories (about consciousness of atoms and stars) and distrust for science.
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Re: Science delusion?
I don't think you got the point of this segment. It's not about the mechanistic view of the world, but scientific dogmatism, which is not open to hearing evidence that doesn't support the views it already holds. It's about a fundamentalism that opposes what the scientific method is all about.
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Sheldrake's main issue is
Sheldrake's main issue is with the mechanistic view of the world and the materialists. The rest is just a smokescreen.
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And who are you?
Have you read enough of Sheldrake to know what is and isn't smokescreen? I encountered him in my Ph.D. program in the late '70s and have a great deal of respect for him and his fertile scientific mind. I love how some detractor who probably has never heard of him until this article can so glibly dismiss his half century of work and influence.
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Have you read his book in question?
Or you're simply defending him, because you met him?
I don't dismiss his "half century of work" - I'm simply exposing his religious sentiments ...
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inventing airplanes doesn't mean we got it "quite right"
We invented things. Airplanes fly. So what? That proves only that airplanes fly. Nowhere does Sheldrake suggest that mechanistic science got it wrong and therefore airplanes shouldn't fly!
Read Tom Campbell's "My Big TOE", in there he speaks about "sets" and how within certain subsets of rules, airplanes fly etc. But those sets of rules only apply to that subset.
This is out of my league to even summarize, but I do know that Campbell addresses just what you are talking about. I think you are just honestly misunderstanding Sheldrake in a fundemental way, and I certainly can't defend him but I know he could. Have you read his books, by the way?
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I'm reading his book in question as we speak...
For some reason he seems to abhor scientists, it's really hard to read this stuff.
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"We invented things.
"We invented things. Airplanes fly. So what? That proves only that airplanes fly."
That actually proves that science isn't a delusion.
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Science is not a delusion.
Science is not a delusion. But he's not saying that. He's saying that there are TWO (2) perspectives which which to approach any topic of inquiry: the objective and the subjective. The objective one is the one that most scientists assert is the ONLY one. This one-sidedness is the delusion. Ironically enough, objective scientists insistence on the objective POV for very subjective reasonings. Both are valid perspectivees. Both have valid uses. Someone can be one-sidedly attached to their subjective point of view. In that case, it would be wise counself to suggest to the individual that they take a step back, and look at their position more objectively. Sheldrake is counseling the same to the scientific community. Insistence on one side, to the exclusion (and even denial!) of the validity of the other is... well, its not scientific. In fact, its objectively insane.
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Science is not a delusion.
"Science is not a delusion."
I'm glad that we can at least agree on that.
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Interesting quote from Sheldrake's "Science Delusion"
"Mechanistic science in itself gives no reason to suppose that there is any point in life, or purpose in humanity, or that progress is inevitable. Instead it asserts that the universe is ultimately purposeless, and so is human life. A consistent atheism stripped of the humanist faith paints a bleak picture with little ground for hope..."
So, is it all about hope?
and one more:
"Secular humanism makes atheism palatable because it surrounds it with a reassuring faith in progress rather than provable collection of facts"
Is more "palatable" and "reassuring" better?
Come on, that's not what science is about. Science isn't here to provide consolation and reassurance.
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Wow. That's just amazing. What you've expressed is utter nonsense. All the "products of science" (not a correct summation either) that you mention do nothing to validate the concept of materialism. Nor do they provide any evidence that "we" (as if you'd contributed) got it correct.
Just because matter exists does not prove that matter is all or is even primary. And please don't use the term scientific because you don't seem to have a clue as to what it really means. The term you seek is status-quo. Sheldrake - like many of the scientists whose work people like you gloom onto years after it is no longer seen as heresy - is a visionary. A genuine scientist. Not one of the pedestrian drones who are called that simply because they managed to get a job in one of the fields classed as science.
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Why are you so mad?
" The term you seek is status-quo. "
Don't know how you come up with that. Science is all about progress (and that often involves changing the status-quo), and I'm all for it.
What I'm trying to convey is that magical thinking based on religious beliefs doesn't constitute progress in science. On the contrary, it's regress, taking us back to the middle ages.
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Science Delusion
Your comments here actually demonstrate Sheldrake's thesis: that strict materialists are so wedded to their world view that they are deaf to arguments that challenge their assumptions. You write:
"one has to only look at the products of science like lasers, optical communication, wireless communication, airplanes, space rockets, mind-controlled artificial limbs etc etc to realize that what we know about the mechanics of the world is not a delusion,"
That has nothing whatsoever to do with Sheldrake's work or point of view. It seems you haven't heard what he said because you think you already know what he means.
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The scientists who brought
The scientists who brought you this modern technology were also people who believed in the consciousness of also. Ck your scientific hermetic and quantum physics books...from Picino thru Bruno, Galileo, Newton, Einstien, etc. There comes a point when scientists cannot avoid the evidence...this is a thoughtful universe, and you, too, can be thoughtful.
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Yeah, you missed the point by a LOT.
I'd listen to the interview again or read about some of his works. His issue isn't with the mechanistic view of the world; it's simply that he believes there might be more to it than just that.
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Not at all
Science is not about anybody's beliefs.
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I have seen this myself
This book describes my husband. He became an atheist about 10 years ago and has become increasing dedicated to science and evidence. Yet, I feel that his dedication to science has become similar to some followers of religion. If a study goes against what he thinks, he questions the methods, personal motives of the scientists, etc..... He bristles when I mention that science has become his religion. He lets his personal beliefs color his view of what "scientific evidence" he is willing to accept.
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Valid point. I have had a similar experience with my college age son. The more he learned about science, the less willing he has become to consider the existence of anything scientifically unproven. At one time, a scientist would've been considered a heretic to propose that the air consisted of invisible molecules.
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Is that a bad thing?
"The more he learned about science, the less willing he has become to consider the existence of anything scientifically unproven"
Would anyone want to use scientifically unproven medications for instance?
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Yes, this is a very bad thing, when considering the higher goal of "collective truth acquisition". The scientific method can and has verified many great truths about reality -- but it is likely true that not all of reality can be verified using the scientific method (especially when dealing with social and mental phenomena). However, the question this raises is -- are such aspects of reality then unworthy of inquiry by other means? Are they "not real" because they cannot be quantified by current methods in science? Does their unverifiability in the lab make them dangerous or wrong?
Speculation, metaphor, and intuition -- vital tools in many traditional scientific breakthroughs throughout history -- should not be discounted as means for producing useful hypotheses, even if there is no immediately clear way to test them. But today, hypotheses that might not yet be testable are rejected as automatically untrue, reactively and dogmatically rejected by scientific materialists, solely on the grounds that the technology and techniques of institutionalized science has not yet found a way to verify with certainty what the imagination, intuition, speculation, and insights of those investigating the unverifiable might produce.
Accepting that a thesis is only a probable or useful map of reality has been a tenet of science for some time. And yet the ideological zealotry of the materialist paradigm refutes efforts to broaden the map, insisting on utter verifiability about phenomena that are complexly woven into the nature of reality, and include the minds of those trying to peer into that reality as part of that reality. The fear comes in the end from the terror incognito, as well it might. Believers in consciousness studies and the complex subtle interplay, evolution and involution of energy fields hinted at by esoteric religions and studied are not toys to mess around with, but the very stuff we're made of...so in that sense, the materialists might be providing us a helpful reminder to tread carefully and lightly, and to take as much of the good from the scientific method and its emphasis on verifiability as we can -- without remaining its prisoner in the face of discovery. A good scientist would encourage caution -- not scoff and turn away in the face of the unknown.
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You've been misled by his carefully concocted manipulation.
"But today, hypotheses that might not yet be testable are rejected as automatically untrue, reactively and dogmatically rejected by scientific materialists"
That's simply not true. String Theory isn't testable, for example, and it isn't dogmatically rejected by scientific materialists (scientists, for short). Sheldrake's argument has nothing to do with science, he preaches about "God", "angels" and "supernatural agencies". When he writes about "Atheists beliefs" he only uses the term to dilute its meaning. Atheists don't believe in any unprovable stuff, they are unbelievers. When he says that scientific beliefs and dogmas are religion-like or worse he's plainly delusional.
Physicist Lawrence Krauss argues that "Scientists Need to Throw Out Ideas Like Yesterday's Newspaper" http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/scientists-need-to-throw-out-idea...
Please show me one Christian priest saying that the Christian Church needs to be prepared to throw out Christian beliefs and dogmas like yesterday's newspaper.
Let me repeat, the arguments advanced by Rupert Sheldrake have nothing to do with science. He's on some sort of crusade against scientists who focus on doing science, and not on "Gods", "angels" and "supernatural agencies".
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Christianity Vs. Open-Mindednss
Just because there is dogmatism in organized religion does not justify dogmatism elsewhere, first off. Secondly, I think the point that thinkers like Sheldrake make is not for the legitimacy of religious truth-claims, but of the validity of considering them as a potentially legitimate kind of data about reality. What does it mean that these mythemes were generated, that these rituals were practiced, that these energies are experienced in such and such a way? Laboratory science is often not well suited to exploring these questions. Which is not to say that one should blindly accept anyone's interpretation of what that data might represent. Especially not dogmatic Christian theologians (though there are sensitive nuanced Christian thinkers with very interesting insights into the nature of reality, consciousness, society, and dare I say it...spirit). What troubles me about some atheists is not that they are open-minded about any meta-physical, ontological possibility, but rather how often they seemed closed to any possibility that does not immediately strike them as the most likely, simple, stipped-down, and meaningless. Obviously it's good to maintain skepticism, but at its extreme this can stray into close-mindedness, dogmatism, and even a kind of wacked out doppelganger of religious fundamentalism (as seen in Dawkins et al) wherein a great deal of religious, spiritual, metaphysical, and ontological hypotheses, experiences, and data (pretty much all phenomenology in other words) are reduced to the same level as biblical literalism, or rejected on the grounds that they "support" fundamentalist religion by refusing to take a stand against it. That's my problem with some radical atheists. Back to the original issue --
As for String Theory being testable -- true enough, it's a mathematical dream more than anything right now...and many scientists are wary of it as a result. The reason I draw a distinction between pure materialists and scientists in general is because I do believe in the value and legitimacy and tremendous importance of the scientific method and the scientific endeavor. But I view it as a domain, like many others (such as government, religion, law) that can overreach. Kuhn offered a valuable critique of science and its reluctance to shift its lenses, and I think Sheldrake is making an important point as well about science's limitations to address questions of transpersonal phenomena, non-local consciousness, the possibilities of parapsychology, and of non-human sentiences. I'm not claiming that these are "real", I'm, just like Sheldrake noting that there is a virulent and vocal portion of the scientific and atheist community that is practicing the opposite of science when they propose these phenomena to be mystical mumbo-jumbo unworthy of legitimate investigation, simply on the basis of their own materialist biases.
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Religious beliefs are not scientific theories
"Just because there is dogmatism in organized religion"
Are there any religions free of dogmatism and beliefs?
"I think the point that thinkers like Sheldrake make is not for the legitimacy of religious truth-claims, but of the validity of considering them as a potentially legitimate kind of data about reality."
You mean we should consider religious creation myths as a potentially legitimate kind of data about reality?? For God's sake they have nothing to do with reality, they are just myths.
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I think you prove my point
okay, so I think that's a little like asking is there any university free of plagiarism and sophistry. I respect that there's a massive historical difference between academia and religion (though the whole medieval scholastic period was the clear-cut birthing point of the former in the latter), and that organized religious systems veil a lot more truth these days than most academic institutions (though there are plenty of dogmatisms in the humanities for instance these days). But your question is a straw-man any other way you cut it.
No, there are probably no religions that have never been abused in some form or another (though you deal with the question in absolute terms -- you think Ba'Hai or Wicca has dealt as much damage as authoritarian power-structures in patriarchal religions??) . But likewise, almost every single religion has in it a set of principles, images, ideas, values, and ways of relating to reality, community, self, and nature that can be varying degrees of harmful or helpful depending on the user's selectivity from the components of that system. You don't hear about too many Jews, for instance, obeying all 613 Mitzvot these days. No. Most will select those which fit their own lifestyle and personal proclivities. Which are often completely nuts -- but that's beside the point (yes, I'm Jewish).
Your aspersion against "beliefs" as a general category seems silly to me too - I assume you mean...*false* beliefs. but again, "religions" don't force people to do or believe anything - people force each other to do things, often and usually parents, but also of course clergy and politicians. Religious truth-claims when believed literally and uncritically often represent gross distortions of reality. And a scientific/skeptical attitude is a healthy corrective for this...as is a poetic, historical, literary education too...
And yet...maybe there is more to some aspects of these mythic stories than we automatically assume (what is happening during theophany? are there sentient non-human entities that exist autonomously in the collective unconscious that sometimes communicate with individual human egos? is there a radically altered state of being that is free from suffering that can be attained after a great deal of deep spiritual inquiry/practice?). To assume one knows for certain there aren't again strikes me as non-scientific. Occam's Razor, which you seem to value, was a tool of the Scholastic Christian school of thought (which again, helped birth modern academic thought), and as we step into the worlds of quantum physics, string theory, cosmology, and consciousness-studies -- "the simplest explanation" has not always proven the case. "Multiplication of entities" can be interpreted in many ways....
I'm probably not convincing you here. But I'll just address your last point, because from my vantage it really demonstrates how silly and reductive your way of defining "reality" can be.
"[myths] have nothing to do with reality. they are just myths"
Don't you see how unscientific a claim this is? Of course they're a legitimate form of data about reality! That does not in any way mean they have ANYTHING valuable to tell us about astronomy, cosmology, zoology, or biology -- but they do have a tremendous amount to tell us about psychology, anthropology, sociology, human development, neuro-science, and cultural evolution. Saying "they are just myths" is a lot like someone whining to an archeologist or paleontologist that "they are just rocks".
And I could delve deeper, because if one examines the poetics, the actual motifs and symbology of myths (like the late Joseph Campbell) one might discover there are astounding patterns, structures, coincidences, allusions, metaphors, and more that can be gleaned there, as well as, for many, a sense of the deep orders and echoes of cosmic creativity, complexity, and intelligibility.
You seem to be arguing for non-overlapping magisteria like CP Snow did (and Gould in another way), between the humanities and the hard sciences. But I think at some point those two spheres do touch, and we have to at least not be afraid to see what we'll see.
To scoff in the face of such things, and reduce them all to "just myths" is honestly sad (all of literature is just "words" all of art is "just colored pigments on paper" etc.). And the collective Ginsbergian HOWWWWL you hear from so many spiritual metaphysicians who are light-years beyond biblical literalism yet get so reductively swept into the same dustbin by pure materialists and angry self-styled atheists these days is simply the desire to engage with a more beautiful, humanistic, and creative vision of life and the cosmos -- something a great many scientific luminaries, from Newton to Einstein to Sagan did not take for granted.
I think Sheldrake is particularly in the crosshairs, because his research goes right for the jugular of the notion that consciousness is purely localized to the brain, and never transmittable at a distance (and of course for his ideological critique of institutionalized science, which I share with him). If he's right, it's obviously an important and fascinating aspect of reality to explore and understand better -- which could also, potentially, help us understand much better the function and logic behind religious ideas and stories...I would never call myself scientifically certain about what the results will be or mean -- before serious rigorous scientific inquiry is conducted. But to resist that research, and denounce it as pseudo-science automatically, strikes me as anti-science...all in the name of "preserving science".
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Not at all, but...
you have actually proved my point here:
"[myths] have nothing to do with reality. they are just myths"
"Of course they're a legitimate form of data about reality! That does not in any way mean they have ANYTHING valuable to tell us about astronomy, cosmology, zoology, or biology"
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Your point is just that mythic literalism is stupid?
Well, if that's your whole argument against Sheldrake's critique of institutionalized science...I don't see how you're really using your brain at all.
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That science debunked
That science debunked countless religious myths is not my argument at all.
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Thanks for mentioning Thomas Kuhn
Ben, I'm glad you brought Kuhn into the discussion. Sheldrake was at Harvard when The Structure of Scientific Revolutions came out and when he returned to Cambridge to finish his Ph.D., he took Kuhn's ideas back with him. As for many of us, Kuhn had a great influence on Sheldrake's scientific philosophy and subsequent work.
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most meds are unproven
It is my understanding that the majority (all?) of meds are not "proven" at all. They pass the FDA etc because they pass certain measures (often quite abitrary). This doesn't at ALL mean that the mechanism for how they "work" has been found, discovered, or proven. Science does not understand how the body works, to put it simply. This would hold true for herbs etc, also.
It is delusional to depend on science proving something before trusting its efficacy, or safety etc.
Do you breathe air? Do you drink water? Your mental mind ("rational") does not have to understand something in order for your BEING to be quite fine with it.
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From anti-science to anti-medicine? Where does it end? SMH...
"It is my understanding that the majority (all?) of meds are not "proven" at all. They pass the FDA etc because they pass certain measures (often quite abitrary)"
It's the very measurements that tell us if a given drug has a desired effect and can benefit the patient (ease pain, lower pressure, etc).
"Science does not understand how the body works, to put it simply."
Science is the reason why human lifespan skyrocketed!
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Science is the reason why...
...infant mortality decreased by 90% in the 20th century, maternal mortality by 99% etc etc
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Science is still in its infancy
Science by its own nature has a confined views existence. Many scientists through their own work and research become narrow minded and prejudice. They fail to acknowledge what is beyond their abilities and comprehension and are attached to their rigid perspectives. Intelligence does not mean wisdom. History has proven many well known scientist to be utterly wrong/ignorant. Discovery can only be made when one's attachments to one rigid ignorant views are removed. Modern science is plaque with self interest and ego. You think that you know yet little do you know that you know little. If 1000 years ago the idea of atomic particle was presented, the scientist community would have you throw in jail.
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Considering that....
only ~0,0000000001% of human population is involved in science, I would argue, that the progress we've have already made is impressive.
Thanks to materialist scientists humanity has made the biggest progress in history.
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Yes what is called science today is much akin to a religion. Contrary to popular belief, many establishment scientists hoe carefully to the existent canon. People seem to think that getting a degree in a field of the sciences confers a noble open-mindedness and dedication to unbiased exploration. It doesn't. There are such people working in the sciences but - as in in all walks of life - they are the minority.
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Science is the antithesis of religion
Science is based on evidence; religion on wishful thinking and (long debunked) myths.
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No wonder Rupert Sheldrake was banned from TED Talk
His main point that science is a belief system is downright hilarious.
Science relies on observation and proof. Without the openness to new ideas we wouldn't be able to make any progress in science. We would still be stuck in the XVII century, believing in the never changing materialist dogmas. But that just isn't the case; our understanding of the universe, its age, origins and structure has been turned on its head not once, but many times since the 1600s. The advancements we've made in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, etc in the same period have been equally revolutionary.
We should set ourselves free from the anti-science rhetoric.
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The point is that many
The point is that many scientists become closed to considering and pursuing scientific thought outside the accepted paradigms. Thomas Khun's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions discusses this in detail.
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I wouldn't mix Khun's arguments with Sheldrake's agenda
Scientists are pursuing all kinds of inquiries and subjects, no matter how weird or spooky, from the multiverses, time traveling, quantum teleportation, mind-controlled artificial limbs, to conscious machines.
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Why not? The two are practically identical
Sheldrake was at Harvard when The Structure of Scientific Revolutions came out and Sheldrake has said many times that when he returned to Cambridge Kuhn was a major force in the foundation of his thinking, as it has been for many of us. For you to suggest otherwise is naive.
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"Why not?"
Because Sheldrake's agenda is motivated by his religious beliefs.
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'Science relies on observation and proof.'
Yes, but interpretation and meaning of those observations is not Science. Science can not offer meaning or purpose or Inspriration, but great scientists act in these realms not as scientists but as humans — artistic, creative, inspired. Certainly some scientists take these ideas to their logical conclusions using the Scientific Method, but that Method and the innovations that science amplifies and refines is not a result of Science, but of consciousness.
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One more thing...
It interesting to point out that while some spiritualists call for science to be "set free" others want to put in the chains of their religious dogmas and beliefs. That we're playing gods making use of stem cells, in vitro fertilization, trying to grow organs in the labs, making brain-computer interfaces, mapping the structure of the brain, analyzing the functioning of our genes, experimenting with quantum teleportation, sending satellites into space to spot earth-like planets etc etc
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@Steve Paulson
"Is science really the realm of free inquiry, open to every good idea? "
Science is the mechanism by which we verify ideas. It lets us sift the good ideas (like the big bang theory) from the bad ones (see faster than light neutrinos). The very process allow us to move forward.
Without science all we are left with are our beliefs and rhetoric.
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How science serves imagination
I do not quite agree... that the role of science is to "verify ideas". Rather, i see science as the mechanism for disproving incorrect ideas... theories which are shown to be in conflict with our natural human experience. A mountain of data will help to hold my interest in an idea... but can never prove it right... never VERIFY it. One counter-example, however... perhaps with one or two repetitions for good measure... can prove an idea WRONG in the sense that it is counter to the collective experience of mankind. The longer an Idea stands... under a genuine assault... and yet the idea is NOT proven wrong... the more i am inclined toward the possibility that perhaps it is true. In my view, this is the Scientific Method of moving toward the truth of things: Create the IDEA out of the whole cloth of Imagination... and then use evidence and experiments in a good faith, determined attempt to prove that the idea is rubbish! Failing that... we welcome the New Idea to the table.
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Sheldrake should set himself
Sheldrake should set himself free from his anthropocentric beliefs because they are inhibiting and coloring his understanding of the world. Here's how writes about the supposed "scientific beliefs" in his book: "even people are machines...", "even human consciousness is..."
The anthropocentric sentiments imprison his imagination and skew his scientific enquiry.
He then uses a rhetorical argument that "for more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry" and therefore they must be wrong.
Well, we heard declarations that we would send humans to Mars by 2010 and we didn't. Does that mean humans will never go there?
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how do you define a machine
If you define a machine as an entity has is controlled by another then some times people are machine in their consciousness. Think about this- Habits are programs. You think you have control of your actions and your life but do you really? Only when you are conscious and how much are you conscious, 5% of the time?
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Another Sheldrake's delusion
"In biology and psychology the credibility rating of materialism is falling" - Science Set Free
DNA testing is a growing field of biology. Only 2 weeks ago we traced the root genetic cause of leukemia (ETV6-RUNX1). Human Brain Project received 1 billion euros from the European Commission at the beginning of 2013. At the beginning of this month, Obama unveiled a plan to invest $100m in the 'brain mapping' initiative. Both projects aim to advance our understanding of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other psychological conditions.
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The God Delusion
The biggest letdown of the Science Set Free book is not even the author's anthropocentric bias, but his God delusion. The Science Set Free reads like a religious text and not a science book. I wouldn't expect to find quotations from Bible in a text on Oncology or Quantum (God forbid) Mechanics, so why are they here? I don't understand why anyone would call Rupert Sheldrake a heretic. An ardent priest, yes. A heretic, not by any means.
Would anyone want oncologists to stop working on a cure for cancer, because they haven't succeeded so far? Or would anyone want any scientist to stop pursuing his subject of choice saying "I give up, it's just too complicated for me, I am not omniscient, and will never be, only God can be omniscient, we should stop asking and answering further questions about the mechanics of the world, omniscience is a fantasy (at least for us), omniscience is an attribute peculiar to God, we have just reached the limit of our ken"
Clergymen like Rupert Sheldrake forget that we are a very young civilization. And the materialist science is younger still. With only 200 years of enquiry we can't say there's anything inherently stopping us from knowing more in 200 years, or 300k years or 500m years. Can we know it all at some point? Again, I don't see anything, in principle, stopping us from achieving the goal, despite this or another religious book might say.
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an open mind
I'm a scientist.
I'm prepared to explore the evidence (outside of work, of course !)
Consciousness seems not to be a product of a brain (cf. brain death research/ NDE research)..
And anyway, is there any proof that consciousness is produced by a brain ?
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Dear friends at Strong Atheists, I have no idea where or how this will be posted, but if any of you do end up reading it then please note that I am still looking for some critical feedback to an essay that I think has substantial potential for advancing our agenda. I will post the abstract and URL below. Any and all comments gratefully received.
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This essay is a direct attack on the rational legitimacy of our concept…Continue
Greetings, Keith! I'd like to invite you to a group where we talk about anything on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D
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The UK government listens to the concerns of the animation industry in its new tax credit.
Following several months of consultations with the television industry, the Government will introduce a tax credit for animation programmes and high end television in the Budget in April 2013.
This is a welcome boost to the animation industry, as companies such as Disney had previously said that they were unlikely to return to the UK unless tax breaks were introduced, pointing out that they had been working in Ireland on a number of productions where tax credits were available. Eric Shain, VP of Disney ABC Networks said "That money could have been directed towards the UK if there was an available tax credit to level the playing field". Aardman Animations had said they may have to move more productions abroad and had already been shooting in Canada and Singapore, which had become more cost effective options.
The Government has now published draft legislation and to the relief of the animation industry, it confirms that, for programmes that contain a mixture of animated and non-animated content, the tax credit may be claimed provided that at least 51% of the cost of the production relates to animation costs. The industry had lobbied for this following the Government's initial proposal that the figure should be 75%.
The tax credit will work in similar way to the existing film tax credit, and providing a tax credit of up to 20% of the programme's eligible UK spend. Programmes will need to pass a cultural test scoring at least 16 out of a possible 31 points. The cultural test will contain some useful provisions for animation, for example, the Government has helpfully allowed the programme to score some points if it is set in an undetermined location (rather than it having to be set in the UK).
The Government has listened to the concerns of the animation industry and has agreed that early stage costs, including pilots, that are integral to the production process will be eligible for the tax credit.
The rules also make it clear that the tax credit only applies to programmes which are intended for broadcast to the general public (and that this condition must be met at the point the production activities begin), which clearly shows that the Government is trying to avoid any abuses of the tax credit. It expressly excludes animation in advertisements, current affairs programming, competitions and training programmes.
The Government has recognised that encouraging animation production in the UK should provide an economic boost as well as providing increased employment opportunities to the UK's highly regarded production community.
In respect of high end television the draft rules confirm that the relief will apply to high end television productions with a budget of over one million pounds per slot hour. The tax relief not only applies to high end drama but also to documentaries, an area in which the UK has an increasingly high profile, and should encourage the use of "doc-u-drama" techniques and CGI, to illustrate and bring subject matter to life.
The availability of the tax relief will make producers (particularly of high end drama) look at their budgets, and where their production costs are less than the £1 million mark, they may consider casting more expensive and more well-known) talent in order to push the production budget up. This might have the "win/win" effect of not only enabling the producer to claim tax relief, but also to cast more internationally well-known actors, which may itself provide greater opportunities for presales and international sales.
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Real Salt Lake's undefeated start rolled on Sunday as the Claret-and-Cobalt dispatched a disadvantaged Houston Dynamo 5-2 to run their streak to 10 without a loss.
RSL did their damage in the first half with Javier Morales scoring twice in the first 17 minutes and Alvaro Saborio scoring before the break to take a commanding lead over the Dynamo. Despite a brace from Mark Sherrod in his first MLS start, the visitors added another late goal for their first win in Houston.
With the win, RSL (5-0-5) continues their undefeated run to start the season. Houston (4-5-2) suffers their first loss in four games.
Morales got the first half fireworks started scoring the fastest goal in RSL history in spectacular fashion off the first kick. He ran off Alvaro Saborio after the club took the kick off and found space in front of Servando Carrasco. With time and space, he hit a deft chip to the back post that Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall could only watch for a 15th second 1-0 lead. The goal is the fastest in club history, besting Matias Mantilla's 27 second effort in 2008.
The Argentine struck again in the 17th minute helping a Ned Grabavoy header along. Grabavoy hit a hopeful header off a corner from the top of the box. Morales cut across goal and redirected his effort in for an early brace and a 2-0 lead.
Waking up from a slow start, Houston climbed to within one goal Sherrod opened his MLS account in grand fashion. In the lineup for an injured Will Bruin, the former Memphis Tiger beat Nat Borchers on a Brad Davis corner kick and finished left to right to beat Nick Rimando for his first of the game making it 2-1 in the 22nd minute.
Five minutes later everything changed as Houston went down a man when Carrasco, making his third start in a row, was shown the door for a harsh tackle on Morales.
RSL pounced in the 32nd minute when Saborio parked a glancing header in the net off a Luke Mulholland cross to make it 3-1.
The fireworks continued in the 36th minute when referee Allen Chapman pointed to the spot after David Horst was shoved down on a set piece. Giles Barnes stepped to the spot with a chance to once again pull Houston to within a goal, but Rimando continued his PK heroics diving to his right to stop the Brit's attempt and keep the 3-1 score. With the save, Rimando has now saved 21 of 62 career attempts against.
While Houston were down after the first half they were not out. Within the first 10 minutes Houston had earned a three set pieces and a Kofi Sarkodie miss despite being down a man. Sherrod rewarded them for their efforts scoring the second half of his brace in the 56th minute.
On his first career start, Sherrod used his work ethic and endless energy to be a nuisance. After Barnes picked off a lazy Saborio pass, the rookie composed himself and finished under a lunging Rimando to bring the 10 man Dynamo to within one at 3-2.
However, being a man down took its toll and a 78th minute goal from Mulholland and an 88th minute penalty kick from Morales iced the game and keep RSL's undefeated start going.
Houston Dynamo (4-5-2; 14 points) vs. Real Salt Lake (5-0-5; 20 points)
MLS regular season
May 11, 2014 – BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 16,514
Scoring Summary:
Real Salt Lake: Javier Morales 1 (Álvaro Saborío 2) 1'
Real Salt Lake: Javier Morales 2 (Ned Grabavoy 2, Joao Plata 3) 17'
Houston: Mark Sherrod 1 (Brad Davis 5) 22'
Real Salt Lake: Álvaro Saborío 6 (Luke Mulholland 2) 32'
Houston: Mark Sherrod 2 (Giles Barnes 2) 56'
Real Salt Lake: Luke Mulholland 3 (Javier Morales 4) 78'
Real Salt Lake: Javier Morales 3 (penalty) 89'
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst, A.J. Cochran (Omar Cummings 71), Corey Ashe, Servando Carrasco (ejected 27); Brad Davis (Brian Ownby 84); Giles Barnes, Boniek García, Mark Sherrod, Andrew Driver (Warren Creavalle 35)
Unused substitutes: Tyler Deric, Anthony Arena, Alexander López
Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando, Chris Wingert (Kenny Mansally 46); Tony Beltran, Aaron Maund, Nat Borchers, Javier Morales, Luke Mulholland, Kyle Beckerman, Ned Grabavoy, Álvaro Saborío (Devon Sandoval 60); Joao Plata; (Cole Grossman 74)
Unused Substitutes: Carlos Salcedo, Olmes García, Luis Gil, Jeff Attinella
Misconduct Summary:
RSL: Álvaro Saborío (caution) 25'
HOU: Servando Carrasco (ejection) 27'
HOU: Boniek García (caution) 45'+4
HOU: Mark Sherrod (caution) 90'
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistant Referees: Adam Garner, Claudio Badea
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A pioneer gets the pioneer award – his work in the medical and philanthropic fields have earned him the Brotherhood Crusade's 2012 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award
The Brother Crusade's annual Pioneer of African Achievement Award will honor Dr. Robert Ross, president and chief executive officer for The California Endowment (THE), at its 2012 Awards Dinner on November 2. Having chosen Dr. Ross as the 2012 honoree, he will join a selected group of Black men and women who, over the years, have accepted this prestigious award that was named after the two men who have placed the institution at the top of Black philanthropy in the United States, Walter Bremond, Jr., the founder, and Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., the institution builder.
When Charisse Bremond, the Brotherhood Crusade's current president and CEO, assumed its leadership, seven years ago, she was third in the line of superstars to lead the institution, she made a promise. She stated, "I asked you to envision a South Los Angeles devoid of poverty associated challenges where every individual was given sufficient opportunity to succeed in school at work, and in life…" Honoring Dr. Ross is another step in the direction of keeping that promise.
Dr. Ross has an extensive background as a clinician and public health administrator. His service includes: medical director for LINK School-Based Clinic Program, Camden, New Jersey; instructor of clinical medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and faculty member at San Diego State University's School of Public Health. His work in philanthropy at the endowment is really an extension of his profession as a medical doctor.
At the Endowment, his work actually parallels that of the Brotherhood Crusade in that it has focused on the health needs of underserved Californians by championing the cause of health coverage for all children, strengthening the capacity of community health centers, improving health services for farm worker and ex-offender populations, and strengthening the pipeline for bringing racial and ethnic diversity to the health professions. He was also named by Capitol Weekly as one of California's most influential civic leaders in health policy in 2006.
Dr. Ross said, "At The California Endowment, our giving is a partnership between the foundation and community. We know that just giving money will not necessarily result in change. It's the community itself that makes the change. Our funding is just one of the vehicles that helps communities get there."
He has received numerous awards and honors including the Council on Foundations' 2008 Distinguished Grant-maker of the Year Award, "Youth Advocacy Humanitarian of the Year" award; the "Outstanding Community Service Award" from the Volunteers of America; the "Leadership Award" from the Hospital Council of San Diego and Imperial Counties; and the National Association of Health Services Executives "Health Administrator of the Year Citation." He was also a recipient of the national Public Officials of the Year Award presented by Governing Magazine in 1999. Other honors include awards from Planned Parenthood Southern Pennsylvania, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and West Philadelphia Economic Development Corporation. He also was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar from 1988 to 1990, focusing on urban child health issues.
About Dr. Ross, Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., chairman of the board of directors of the Brotherhood Crusade stated, "He has set the standard that changed the way charitable foundations have related to communities of color which had not been evident in the past. His work also compliments the high standards that the Brotherhood Crusade has operated in the community for the past 44 years and we are pleased to honor him as the recipient of this year's Bremond/Bakewell Pioneer of African American Achievement Award.


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In case it isn't obvious, I'm having a hard time blogging lately! Sometimes as moms- our time is all consumed with running a family and our time to actually create something to put out into the world takes a backseat. One little has a double ear infection and all three have just needed lots of cuddling as a result of mommy being at the Orphan Summit for a couple of days last week.
So- the Orphan Summit. Holy moly! It was amazing. Actually- amazing doesn't even begin to describe it. There is just something about being surrounded by like minded individuals who all have a passion for improving the lives of orphans all over the world. I learned a lot, cried a lot, met lots of super cool people, and came home with a renewed purpose. I'm not sure what carrying out that purpose is going to look like, but my cage has been rattled in a big way and I'm excited about all of the possibilities.
I'll be blogging about lots of the things that I learned in the weeks to come. I sat in on two seminars by Karyn Purvis (attachment and trauma guru) that absolutely have changed my life and the way that I relate to my kiddo from a hard place. I watched a panel of adult adoptees talk about what it means to be adopted into family of another race and how that played out in their lives. I soaked it all in as they gave their best advice to parents. I was mesmorized listening to Brian Fikkert (author of Helping Without Hurting) as he talked about the do's and don'ts of helping to alleviate poverty without hurting the people you are trying to serve. It was standing room only to hear Carolyn Twietmeyer from Project Hopeful talk about the role of advocates and adoptive families for the HIV+ orphan.
I got to speak as part of a panel on how busy moms can be advocates. I was blown away by the hearts and passion of the women who were on the panel with me.
I looked around the rooms and saw people who had fostered dozens and dozens of children. I saw parents who have adopted children that no one else would have taken a chance on. I saw people who were changing communities all over the world and giving those in extreme poverty a hand up. It was truly inspiring.
I've got a lot of processing to do before I even begin to blog about the sessions! In the mean time, I may just keep snuggling with the wild ones that I've been entrusted with. It's kind of been nice to just take a little time off to watch the Justin Beiber movie 3 times in two days with my daughter. And play a gobzillion rounds of Candy Land with the boys. And play words with friends with my peeps. And not get out of my pj's. And bounce ideas around with my husband about our future. So my email inbox and my house look like a trash heap, but who cares?! (well... actually, I care, but I'm trying hard not too!)
If you'd like to see what other bloggers are saying about the orphan summit in the meantime while I get my act together, you can check out the alliance blog HERE.
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Topic: "Developing the next generation science standards: A conversation with Achieve"
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Work is progressing to develop the Next Generation Science Standards. This informational session will provide an update on the development of these standards, how science educators can be involved, and implications for science teaching and learning.
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Welcome to the discussion on the next generation science standards
posted by: Stephen Pruitt on 9/27/2011 10:44 am
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posted by: William Harper on 9/28/2011 11:42 am
What is Achieve?
posted by: Brian Drayton on 9/27/2011 8:22 pm
What is Achieve?
posted by: Michael Heinz on 9/28/2011 7:44 am
I recommend reviewing the information found at http://www.achieve.org/ for the answers to your questions. Achieve has been very transparent regarding its funding, financial support, and its apolitical positions.
posted by: Brian Drayton on 9/28/2011 2:36 pm
I have read the Achieve.org website, so I know the basics available there. The thing is, there are a lot of commissions, nonprofits, think tanks, etc. on the landscape (of education and many other areas, of course). I want to understand how Achieve, as one of these, actually fits into the way policy gets implemented - clearly it's been embraced by the Obama administration, but what role is envisioned for the common core when ESEA is reauthorized (if it is)? What support does it have in Congress? What are the minimum steps a state should take for implementation? How is Achieve working with CCSSO to encourage testing and integration?
In other words: The common core is not just a set of standards, it represents a large-scale policy undertaking, which will require a long investment of attention, as well as money and expertise to be realized. I don't understand yet the theory of action, the logic model.
Assessments, inquiry, and standards
posted by: Joni Falk on 9/28/2011 1:13 pm
But I suspect that the assessments will influence how, and to what extent, the standards are adopted. The ways that students are asked to demonstrate their knowledge may also end up shaping how much experimentation and inquiry takes place.
We know that inquiry, labs, hands-on experiences, and field take time. Unless the assessments tap into the the skills gained through these experiences, I fear they may be left out.
I would be interested in hearing how you think the path from standards to assessments will take place, and if you suspect that this will vary greatly by state?
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Developing the next generation science standards
posted by: Jeffery Murfree on 9/29/2011 8:45 am
Students need the experiences of inquiry, laboratory, hands-on, field and real world application in order to make sense of what they are learning. These kind of experiences will lead to quality assessments and successful mastery by students. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If assessment is not apart of the equation, I am afraid that we are in a "short-lived" reform effort. Jeff
posted by: William Harper on 9/30/2011 9:58 am
Assessing Science
posted by: Donna Cleland on 9/30/2011 10:27 am
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posted by: Robin Cochran-Dirksen on 10/1/2011 10:04 am
Assessing Critical Thinking Using Technology
posted by: Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki on 10/1/2011 12:43 pm
Scoring assessments
posted by: Frank Gardella on 10/1/2011 5:52 pm
What shows on the report card of a student who earns 40 out of 85 is the '65' scale score. Although percent correct may not be the best, it is far better than what scale scoring does to determine how much an individual student truly knows.
NY End result vs testing progression
posted by: Betsy Stefany on 10/2/2011 7:33 pm
You may be looking too closely at the one test and the its end result. It is my experience that the process in good NY schools is more student focused than your numbers show. At the end of 6th grade a skills practice test is given on physical science knowledge. During 7-8 grade, prior to the 8th grade test, "DBQ's"..Document Based Questions are part of all domain study, aiding students to embed critical thinking in multiple domains...and data evidence. By the 8th grade test , the grounding skills towards the high school regents are tested. This gradual, leaning on knowledge development towards the final Regents courses sets up for a scale score to provide a balance to the TEST design...rather than then student population. This flexibility is overseen by the Regents Committee and one can see the benefit in the Math test from the 2003 or 4 period which was found to be flawed.
The positive point you really are making is how do we provide a valued "learning progression" of testing that assists the science standards to be formative for the students' benefit.
Betsy Stefany
Scaling scores - Grading on a curve?
posted by: Frank Gardella on 10/3/2011 3:16 pm
In your response, you mentioned 'good districts. What tests are they using?
In June, 2011 for the Living Environments Regents in New York State, a student needed 40 out of 85 to pass the test.
For the Integrated Algebra Regents in June, 2011 in New York State, a student needed 31 out of 87 to pass.
Can we validate that these scores reflect proficiency?
A better question is, "Can we defend the position that these scores reflect proficiency?"
Will the results of the assessments that are now being developed to reflect the CCSS be reported in the same way as the above mentioned Regents? The results of these assessments need to inform us as to the proficiency of individual students.
Frank Gardella
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Use of scale scores
posted by: Howard Dooley on 10/3/2011 10:24 am
However, I disagree with your general statement about scale scores. My understanding is that scale scores allow you to compare "equal" performance across test forms and test levels. A better question to ask is what the "65" does represent. It may very well represent a demonstration of skills that shows grade level proficiency in meeting standards for a student. A percentage score does not do either.
I have used standardized assessments and scale scores for many years with many adult learners, and it is always important - and a struggle - to explain the scores in a way that the student understands what the number "means". But it is a necessary step in any use of standards, in my opinion.
Testing theory
posted by: Gay Stewart on 10/4/2011 10:23 am
I do remember a long time ago beign taught that the best test, that allows the most discrimination, has a mean of 50% and a standard deviation of 25%. I am not sure how this works with multidimensional testing (looking across various items at various levels of critical thinking skills required, as well as different areas of content).
So, I am less concerned with a scaled score than with knowing how the score maps to critical thinking and content. I have reviewed many state tests in the sciences and have been quite concerned. The level of test-development background varies widely, in my experience. No one ever reports out the kind of statistics that would give me the greatest confidence in the items or the instrument.
It is my sincerest wish that with the new standards, we will see a move to national development of assessments that can be tested themselves and demonstrated to represent what we wish to be assessing in our students. As has been said before in this discussion, the assessments are what will drive real change!
Testing theory and the states
posted by: Betsy Becker on 10/5/2011 2:47 pm
Also, most states rely on item response models for their item analysis and psychometric work. Using percent-right scores is quite rare because states need to use historical item pools and extensive item piloting. This is needed because scores must be equated year-to-year and linked across grades. That is very hard to do well using classical test theory. Also when several cutoffs are needed, centering items at the 50% score won't give good reliability for classification.
This is going to be a complex enterprise whether it is done by states, consortia of states, or the nation as a whole.
RE; Testing Theory and the States
posted by: George C. Viebranz, Sr. on 10/6/2011 8:43 am
posted by: William Harper on 10/3/2011 9:22 am
Importance of getting assessment right
posted by: Bill Zoellick on 10/3/2011 1:09 pm
I agree that changing the assessment process is critically important. For most of the teachers who I work with, the question of whether some concept or know-how is on the state assessment is among the most important considerations regarding whether something is worth spending time on or not.
The exciting thing about the Framework is its integration of practices, core ideas, and crosscutting concepts. But, unless we have assessments that look at practices and crosscutting concepts, we will end up with instruction that continues to focus on acquiring content knowledge.
It does not seem likely that states will figure out how to do this different, broader kind of assessment on their own. They will need a good national model. Essentially, we need an assessment framework.
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Morgoth's Ring
|Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One
|J.R.R. Tolkien
|Christopher Tolkien
|Unwin Hyman (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
|23 September 1993 (UK)
14 December 1993 (US)
|The History of Middle-earth
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Morgoth's Ring is the tenth volume of the The History of Middle-earth, and the first of two volumes on the later development of The Silmarillion.
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The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war.After the The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J.R.R. Tolkien turned his attention once again to "the Matter of the Elder Days". The text of the Annals of Aman, the "Blessed Land" in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, became of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda. The second part of this history of the later Silmarillion is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.[1]
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- Ainulindalë
- The Annals of Aman
- The Later Quenta Silmarillion
- "The First Phase"
- "The Second Phase"
- "The Valaquenta"
- "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
- "Laws and Customs Among the Eldar"
- "Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
- "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
- "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"
- "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
- "Of the Rape of the Silmarils"
- "Of the Thieves' Quarrel"
- Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
- Myths Transformed
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1993, Unwin Hyman 1st ed.; hardcover; ISBN 0261103040
1993, Houghton Mifflin; hardcover; ISBN 0395680921
1994, HarperCollins 1st paperback ed.; ISBN 0261103008; Cover illustration by John Howe
2002, HarperCollins; ISBN 0261103008; Cover illustration by John Howe
2010, HarperCollins; reissue (print on demand), hardcover; ISBN 0-00-736534-9
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