Josh Rosenau

Josh Rosenau has a post about the supernatural, spinning off recent posts about a recent Calamities of Nature webcomic. Josh makes a point that I think is valid but subtle: The issue with the supernatural is not whether it's part of the universe, but whether it is bound by the same laws as all the other elements of the universe. The bizarre claim about ghosts is that they somehow obey some laws but not others, for no obvious reasons. Something supernatural could, in principle, interact with the universe sometimes but not at others. If it is operating outside of natural laws, that doesn't…
Who: Josh Rosenau, policy analyst at the National Center for Science EducationWhat: free public presentation, "Adventures in the Defense of Evolution: From Kansas to Turkey to New York"Where: SLC Conference Center, 352 7th avenue (between 29th and 30th streets), 16th floor.When: 700pm, Tuesday, 4 August "That's not a problem here, right?," New Yorkers ask when they hear what Josh Rosenau does for a living. Rosenau is a policy analyst at the National Center for Science Education, where he defends the teaching of evolution against creationism. He and his colleagues have tracked attacks on…
Who: Josh Rosenau, policy analyst at the National Center for Science EducationWhat: free public presentation, "Adventures in the Defense of Evolution: From Kansas to Turkey to New York"Where: SLC Conference Center, 352 7th avenue (between 29th and 30th streets), 16th floor.When: 700pm, Tuesday, 4 August "That's not a problem here, right?," New Yorkers ask when they hear what Josh Rosenau does for a living. Rosenau is a policy analyst at the National Center for Science Education, where he defends the teaching of evolution against creationism. He and his colleagues have tracked attacks on…
Who: Josh Rosenau, policy analyst at the National Center for Science EducationWhat: free public presentation, "Adventures in the Defense of Evolution: From Kansas to Turkey to New York"Where: SLC Conference Center, 352 7th avenue (between 29th and 30th streets), 16th floor.When: 700pm, Tuesday, 4 August "That's not a problem here, right?," New Yorkers ask when they hear what Josh Rosenau does for a living. Rosenau is a policy analyst at the National Center for Science Education, where he defends the teaching of evolution against creationism. He and his colleagues have tracked attacks on…
Who: Josh Rosenau, policy analyst at the National Center for Science EducationWhat: free public presentation, "Adventures in the Defense of Evolution: From Kansas to Turkey to New York"Where: SLC Conference Center, 352 7th avenue (between 29th and 30th streets), 16th floor.When: 700pm, Tuesday, 4 August "That's not a problem here, right?," New Yorkers ask when they hear what Josh Rosenau does for a living. Rosenau is a policy analyst at the National Center for Science Education, where he defends the teaching of evolution against creationism. He and his colleagues have tracked attacks on…
Over the past three days, the Texas State Board of Education has heard over 50 testimonies debating a proposed amendment to reinstate the requirement of teaching the "strengths and weaknesses" of the theory of evolution in the statewide science curriculum. The proposed regulation, which has provided creationism a place in the classroom in the past, alarmed scientists not only for its potential repercussions in Texas, but because of the state's large textbook market as well, which forces textbook authors to bend to the state's curricula. To their relief, the bill failed this morning in a…