The Galaxy Song by Monty Python
For the second of the three famous songs about science, here's the one about cosmology... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk
The Philosophical Foundation of Science (text)
Y’all know what themes are? Telling a good story depends on weaving together unifying themes. ACT I Scene 1 Fitting classes together makes some ideas a lot easier to…
Our Lives Matter S1E06: The Philosophical Foundation of Science
Science is a philosophy. The metaphysics are math. The epistemology is the five step process of observation, self consistency, universality, reproducibility, and debate. Those lead to hypotheses and theories. …
Our Lives Matter Theatre Company
One of my main sources of information and inspiration in writing this series was my career in theatre. So what would I want to do now if I was going…
Particle Man by They Might Be Giants
Happy New Year! There are three famous songs about science. Let's get 2024 started with the one about particle physics... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fUdqWyXbmk
Religious Fundamentalism versus Education (text)
ACT I Scene 1 What’s the best way to tell a story? How you tell a story depends on what you’re trying to get people to hear. Education tells…
Our Lives Matter S1E05: Religious Fundamentalism versus Education
Teachers learn eight principles of learning in the course of their certification training, which show us different ways of making information memorable. If you compare how religious leaders use them…
Scientist Rebellion
Many scientists have formed their own branch of Extinction Rebellion. They use the opportunities that come with their careers to help change people's minds about the environmental crisis. https://scientistrebellion.org/
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
Merry Christmas! Here's some music about history (which they don't tell us about in school). On Christmas Eve of 1914, all over Europe, soldiers called off the war for a…
The Evolution of Intelligence and Religion (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Y’all know what archeology is? It’s the science of bones and stones. In Africa the bones of the earliest people go back 7 million years. …