Science Fiction Is Making You More Clueless About Science [Science And Science Fiction] (flag)

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 surprisingly negative. At the very least, ...

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Mike Brotherton

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  "...it's sad to live amongst people who are uncurious and afraid of learning new things."

  Somebody hit THAT nail on the head!

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Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — ... trends have resulted in a fragmented society that marginalizes God, with many people mistakenly thinking they can live happy and productive lives without him.” The horror!  Education gives people the power to think for themselves, reach their own conclusions, and figure out how to lead happy and productive lives without the church, and the church thinks this is a problem.  It is!  For them…good riddance, organized authority-based religion. Is Science Fiction Making you Stupid about Science? From io9, bonus quote from ...

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. ...

It’s science fiction, not science class
FROM A SCI-FI STANDPOINT — ... , a conference on promoting public understanding of science. Since then there have been a number of responses, and io9 has taken an interest in the issue , casting it in starkly controversial terms: 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 surprisingly negative. At the very least, science experts don’t seem to think scifi is promoting scientific literacy — and it may ...

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The Crotchety Old Fan — ... concerning the intersection between science and science fiction. This is an academic exercise and pretty straight forward - until you get to IO9’s butting in on the subject. ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: Using Science Fiction to Promote Science
Biology in Science Fiction — ... : "Science fiction, for the most part, does a really lousy job of teaching science. I'm sure that I'll get a couple of comments from people who learned everything there is to know about orbital mechanics from reading old Hal Clement stories, but the science in most science fiction tends to be pretty shaky. It's often dated, almost always distorted, and frequently warped to serve dramatic purposes. " ...