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aegarizona.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008

Science and Science Fiction

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Via All My Faults Are Stress-Related , I found this request for input . ScienceOnline09 is an annual science communication conference that brings together scientists, bloggers, educators, and students to discuss promoting public understanding of science and some of the moderators are ...

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sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008

Science and Fiction: What Do You Think?

— sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com — ScienceOnline09 is an annual science communication conference that brings together scientists, bloggers, educators, and students to discuss promoting public understanding of science. Stephanie Zvan and I will be moderating a session on science ... (more) Science and Fiction: What Do You Think?

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io9.com - 11/18/2008

Science Fiction Is Making You More Clueless About Science [Science And Science Fiction]

— io9.com — Is science fiction keeping ordinary people from understanding real science? Many science writers seem to think so. Science blogging conference Science09 decided to survey science bloggers about their feelings on science fiction, and the results were ... (more) Science Fiction Is Making You More Clueless About ...

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scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 11/20/2008

It’s science fiction, not science class

— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — A few days ago, Peggy over at Biology in Science Fiction posted a series of questions about the relationship between science and science fiction, particularly relating to the promotion of the former by the latter, and invited scientists and sf writers ... (more) It’s science fiction, not science class

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Science Fiction Is Making You More Clueless About Science [Science And Science Fiction]
io9 — ... Peggy Kolm with the awesome Biology In Science Fiction blog and Stephanie Zvan with Almost Diamonds are co-chairing a panel on science fiction at Science09, and they're surveying science bloggers in advance. If you want to participate, you can post the answers on your own blog, or answer here. The answers will be added to the conference wiki. There doesn't seem to be a deadline, but the conference is in January. A typical comment comes from Ken at Geo Slice: Science fiction has both no role in promoting science and [yet] ...

A Few Links
Neth Space — ... io9 finally finds reason to link to me, of course it was my other blog (that I do for real life reasons). Funny, I pretty much said the same thing at this blog. ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: Do you like SF?
Biology in Science Fiction — ... Ken @ GeoSlice: "I read primarily for entertainment and escape, though I certainly enjoy some ‘meat’ to the books I read. It’s hard for me to pin down exactly why I enjoy SFF specifically – I imagine that a large reason why that I deal with the ‘real world’ all the time, so I want something different, something more, when I read. I also think that SFF allows a lot more flexibility in an author than ‘normal’ fiction and seeing what authors do with that flexibility is quite rewarding." ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: Using Science Fiction to Promote Science
Biology in Science Fiction — ... Ken @ GeoSlice: "[... ] the answer to the first question is that science fiction has both no role in promoting science and that it often serves as a de facto introduction to science for the general public." ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: SF to discuss science
Biology in Science Fiction — ... it. I haven't seen the new Journey to the Center of the Earth, but I've watched the old version with geology students. Again, it was fun to laugh at it, but it was so wrong that it was hard to know where to start with a critique. " Peter Watts: "That first thing ["it's easier to talk about people doing it right"]. There's far, far fewer examples to keep track of."It was also pointed out that SF is not necessarily a good introduction to science: Ken @ GeoSlice : "Simply put – no. I think that there are much easier and more ...