tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post5207067105627236301..comments2024-01-02T10:55:10.607-06:00Comments on Angry Astronomer: Jesus CampJon Voiseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-40941704600102676922011-05-10T18:22:12.707-05:002011-05-10T18:22:12.707-05:00Rachael has a segment about “dead churches” in whi...<i>Rachael has a segment about “dead churches” in which she says that God likes churches in where people are jumping up and down and being overly excited.</i><br><br>I guess she doesn't care what Jesus has to say. <br><br>Mathew 6:6: "But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly."kuhniggetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-14575159873173620692011-05-10T18:22:12.364-05:002011-05-10T18:22:12.364-05:00If you have to pay for grad school in the sciences...<i>If you have to pay for grad school in the sciences, then you are going to the wrong grad school.</i><br><br>I don't know how it works in places other than Canada, but here, graduate students in sciences usually pay tuition, sometimes deducted directly from their stipends (i.e. salary). Personally, as a PhD student in Biology, my stipend is a little more than $18000 per year, and tuition is about $6000 per year. Rent chews up $650 per month, so you can see that I'm not in any position to reduce my existing loans; not surprisingly, I'm incurring more debts the longer I stay in grad. school.<br><br>People who are able to save money and / or pay down debts while graduate students obviously have different situations than my own; they show what is possible, but from talking to other graduate students and professors, such a healthy financial situation is unlikely.<br><br>****<br><br>If you post requests for papers, I'll see what I can do in getting PDFs and emailing them to you.TheBrummellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-10627421991983714962011-05-10T18:22:11.877-05:002011-05-10T18:22:11.877-05:00Regarding Jesus Camp, I tried to watch it but coul...Regarding Jesus Camp, I tried to watch it but couldn't even make it half an hour in without turning it off. Once I got to the part where they made up their own Pledge of Allegiance, I knew going any further would make me give up all hope in mankind, which I wasn't prepared to do.<br><br>Regarding "Null Physics", all I have to do is read that website for two minutes to figure out it's BS.<br><br><b>That’s what our universe actually is, the only thing it could possibly be: <i>the internal structure of nothingness.</i></b><br><br>No real physicist would ever take this seriously, and I wouldn't waste any time looking into it further, unless you're really bored. A privately published book by an author working outside his field who claims that the current astrophysics paradigm is totally bogus and anyone with exposure to high school physics can get it right? But they have a corporate audit manager who thinks it sounds like a good idea!!<br><br>Regarding physics grad school, my brother got a bachelor's degree in physics and is now about halfway through with his PhD in physics. He made twice as much money as our mother makes during each of his first two years there, and he never had to do any teaching or other work. Cornell, an Ivy League school, was paying him to get his PhD. He does do some TA work now, but he doesn't have to pay any tuition, and he just bought his first house. So I would agree with the previous comment that grad school for the sciences shouldn't prove too expensive, if you do it right.Muerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14885131625405353956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-412219049336682582009-06-24T09:45:48.271-05:002009-06-24T09:45:48.271-05:00Dear Ryker,
Yes. I did "know" who God i...Dear Ryker,<br /><br />Yes. I did "know" who God is. I was raised religiously. The thing is, about your age, I started getting into classes in school that showed me there are far better explanations for our universe than "magic man". As such, I abandoned the superstitious ramblings. This is neither blind nor deaf to keep one's mind open to new possibilities and rationally choose the better one.<br /><br />So before you go accusing others, I suggest you remove the plank from your own eye.Jon Voiseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-31179209926959807952009-06-24T01:08:27.532-05:002009-06-24T01:08:27.532-05:00let the blind be blind the deaf be deaf....do you ...let the blind be blind the deaf be deaf....do you even know who God is if you are the one who is deaf and blind...spiritualy! ryker age 15 argillite ky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-1494132257479960742008-11-16T23:12:00.000-06:002008-11-16T23:12:00.000-06:00Actually, they were doing the Christian Pledge of ...Actually, they were doing the Christian Pledge of Allegiance and it is recognized by all protestants. I think it was written by a D.C (Disciple of Christ... don't worry, they're the good guys). Not to burst your bubble. I agree with everything else. Just wanted to clarify that that wasn't a jacked up version of the Pledge of Allegiance or something they made up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-36255262868964229722008-08-02T23:42:00.000-05:002008-08-02T23:42:00.000-05:00Regarding Jesus Camp, I tried to watch it but coul...Regarding Jesus Camp, I tried to watch it but couldn't even make it half an hour in without turning it off. Once I got to the part where they made up their own Pledge of Allegiance, I knew going any further would make me give up all hope in mankind, which I wasn't prepared to do.<BR/><BR/>Regarding "Null Physics", all I have to do is read that website for two minutes to figure out it's BS.<BR/><BR/><B>That’s what our universe actually is, the only thing it could possibly be: <I>the internal structure of nothingness.</I></B><BR/><BR/>No real physicist would ever take this seriously, and I wouldn't waste any time looking into it further, unless you're really bored. A privately published book by an author working outside his field who claims that the current astrophysics paradigm is totally bogus and anyone with exposure to high school physics can get it right? But they have a corporate audit manager who thinks it sounds like a good idea!!<BR/><BR/>Regarding physics grad school, my brother got a bachelor's degree in physics and is now about halfway through with his PhD in physics. He made twice as much money as our mother makes during each of his first two years there, and he never had to do any teaching or other work. Cornell, an Ivy League school, was paying him to get his PhD. He does do some TA work now, but he doesn't have to pay any tuition, and he just bought his first house. So I would agree with the previous comment that grad school for the sciences shouldn't prove too expensive, if you do it right.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14885131625405353956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-10513230784021919692008-07-31T18:24:00.000-05:002008-07-31T18:24:00.000-05:00Rachael has a segment about “dead churches” in whi...<I>Rachael has a segment about “dead churches” in which she says that God likes churches in where people are jumping up and down and being overly excited.</I><BR/><BR/>I guess she doesn't care what Jesus has to say. <BR/><BR/>Mathew 6:6: "But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-80242581868517668222008-07-22T23:11:00.000-05:002008-07-22T23:11:00.000-05:00If you have to pay for grad school in the sciences...<I>If you have to pay for grad school in the sciences, then you are going to the wrong grad school.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know how it works in places other than Canada, but here, graduate students in sciences usually pay tuition, sometimes deducted directly from their stipends (i.e. salary). Personally, as a PhD student in Biology, my stipend is a little more than $18000 per year, and tuition is about $6000 per year. Rent chews up $650 per month, so you can see that I'm not in any position to reduce my existing loans; not surprisingly, I'm incurring more debts the longer I stay in grad. school.<BR/><BR/>People who are able to save money and / or pay down debts while graduate students obviously have different situations than my own; they show what is possible, but from talking to other graduate students and professors, such a healthy financial situation is unlikely.<BR/><BR/>****<BR/><BR/>If you post requests for papers, I'll see what I can do in getting PDFs and emailing them to you.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-21051458299996941872008-07-13T20:06:00.000-05:002008-07-13T20:06:00.000-05:00If you have to pay for grad school in the sciences...If you have to pay for grad school in the sciences, then you are going to the wrong grad school. I have been able to pay off loans while in grad school with no problem, and most/all loans will allow you to defer payments while in school (with varying rules about what happens to the interest). <BR/><BR/>Aren't most relevant papers on astro-ph anyhow?mollishkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056975190057844089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-75078684956736429502008-07-07T21:42:00.000-05:002008-07-07T21:42:00.000-05:00Could you possibly have a look and see if it is ps...<I>Could you possibly have a look and see if it is pseudoscience or not?I do not have the backround in physics or cosmology to tell.</I><BR/><BR/>I'll add it to my list of things to look at when I'm in a thinking mood.<BR/><BR/><I>So what are the post-graduate plans, aside from catching up on reading and movie watching?</I><BR/><BR/>I've decided against grad school for now. Partially because my GPA was destroyed by spending 3 years at a school that had an absolutely horrible department and partially because I'd like to pay off some of these student loans before incurring more.<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm working doing geographical survey work of all things. Putting that 6 year degree to work eh!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and since I graduated, KU decided I can't have access to the journals anymore. If I asked real nicely, would you or someone else that has access be willing to send some along?Jon Voiseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-24484872786800443612008-07-07T20:18:00.000-05:002008-07-07T20:18:00.000-05:00If it's any consolation, the funny farm itself is ...If it's any consolation, the funny farm itself is shut down:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Jesus_Camp_shuts_down<BR/><BR/>It'd be better if she spent a little more time plugging her trap with Big Macs and get out of the business altogether, but ya take what ya can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-64038743483565216022008-07-07T20:02:00.000-05:002008-07-07T20:02:00.000-05:00So what are the post-graduate plans, aside from ca...So what are the post-graduate plans, aside from catching up on reading and movie watching?mollishkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056975190057844089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-48196957741462910332008-07-07T19:47:00.000-05:002008-07-07T19:47:00.000-05:00If I could just weigh in on the "Null Physics" boo...If I could just weigh in on the "Null Physics" book, as a professor I get lots of crackpot theories sent to me via email, and this one sounds just like them (only with less all caps and bolding). It usually doesn't take long to realize that they have very little understanding of physics, which is a weak position to be expounding a whole new theory from. For example, the author doesn't seem to understand the difference between electric charge and electric field, "Positive and negative electric fields sum to a neutral universe with zero net electrical charge", along with broad statements of an eternal Universe which clearly contradict observation.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225141731323795678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-9659716512537108052008-07-07T19:45:00.000-05:002008-07-07T19:45:00.000-05:00My favorite part is the kid who wants to be a prea...My favorite part is the kid who wants to be a preacher, who was "saved" when he was 5 because he "wanted something more from life." WTFBBQ? All he wanted then was Oreos and trucks, give me a break.<BR/><BR/>Too bad, that kid seemed to be very smart and well-spoken, and would go far without the indoctrination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-18992597776708372312008-07-07T19:31:00.000-05:002008-07-07T19:31:00.000-05:00You do know that most Christians think these peopl...You do know that most Christians think these people are nuts too, right?Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225141731323795678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-22436866409934536522008-07-07T19:24:00.000-05:002008-07-07T19:24:00.000-05:00A little off-topic here, but here goes:"Science Ne...A little off-topic here, but here goes:<BR/><BR/>"Science News" has an ad for a book called "Null Physics". The website is located here:<BR/>http://www.ourundiscovereduniverse.com<BR/><BR/>Could you possibly have a look and see if it is pseudoscience or not?I do not have the backround in physics or cosmology to tell.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Ryan<BR/><BR/>P.S. If you decide to answer this, please let me know on my blog:<BR/>http://aigbusted.blogspot.comAIGBustedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232781356086767207noreply@blogger.com