Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
Pundits on television have been throwing around the number 97% recently. Specifically, they are claiming that 97% of active climate scientists agree that the earth has warmed since the beginning of the industrial period and that human action is chiefly responsible. Where in the world does this number come from?
Dec 28th, 2010
Global warming alarmists have spent years blathering on about so-called models and data showing world temperatures rising and the catastrophic consequences. They are obviously full of crap for two reasons: (1) Have you looked outside? It’s snowing. In Myrtle Beach, SC. Blizzards up north. It’s cold. (2) Weren’t they talking about the coming Ice Age [...]
Jul 18th, 2009
I’ve gotten into tangles with the 9/11 Troofers on this site before. But I’m always amazed at what people will believe. The moon landing was faked! Come on … really?
Jul 6th, 2009
9/11 Troofers like to think that they have “researched” the collapse of the Twin Towers, when most have done little more that read a few articles on Alex Jone-like websites, watched a few YouTube videos, and romped around in Troofer forums/echo-chambers. I’m a researcher by profession, so I can assure you that none of these [...]
Aug 25th, 2008
My views on those that think the US government intentionally demolished the WTC complex should be very clear. I received an interesting comment today on one of my YouTube videos about thermal expansion: NIST claims thermal expansion caused the collapse of WTC7 by the fires? Is there anyway you could post a comment on whether [...]
Jul 20th, 2008
I was looking up information about whether there is any pedegogical research that shows “clickers” are better than simple flash cards. I’m young, so when I first started teaching I was hip to all of the fancy technology. However, as I’ve progressed in my teaching, I’ve learned that anything you can do with technology can [...]
Jul 1st, 2008
It sure didn’t take long for the emails to start pouring in after I made this comment: I also get about 1-2 emails a week from people who have developed a “new paradigm”? in physics or believe their 5 second video of the collapse of the Twin Towers is proof that the US government planted [...]
Jun 30th, 2008
Uhhgg! The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August. But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists’ wildest conjectures: Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles [...]