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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 15 hours, 37 minutes ago
Good morning,
First off, it’s not “the Union” who “can do better” at writing blog posts – as I’ve pointed out, it’s not AGU writing this blog. It’s me, an individual Earth scientist with his own quirks, […]
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 15 hours, 58 minutes ago
I think you make a couple of really good points here. My counterpoint, for the sake of advancing the conversation:
1) You’re right that the language can be perceived as offensive to those whose beliefs are being […]
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Callan commented on the post, GigaPanning Kilbourne Hole, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 7 hours ago
Yes, it was supported by SOLARIS.
GigaPanning is making really big pictures (GIGApixel PANoramas) with a special robotic camera and stitching software. Try exploring the images to see what I mean — they “zoom in” […] -
Callan wrote a new post, Friday folds: three lovely specimens from the Carleton College rock garden, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 14 hours ago
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 15 hours ago
Right – but one of the limitations of science is that you can’t prove a negative. I cannot conclusively demonstrate that prayer was 100% ineffective in the case of the Moore tornado. But can anyone conclusively […]
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 15 hours ago
Thanks Ron. That’s certainly the way I intended my comments. It’s interesting to me that the readership split cleanly into the “he’s insulting people” group and the “he’s attempting to debunk an idea” camp.
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 15 hours ago
I don’t represent AGU in what I write here. Here’s an excerpt from the AGU Blogosphere’s “About” page:
The independent bloggers have complete editorial freedom, both the topics they cover and the way they […]
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Callan wrote a new post, Gaining Ground, by Forrest Pritchard, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 15 hours ago
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 18 hours ago
Thank you for the feedback. I view it this way: in science, we can criticize ideas directly and clearly without criticizing those who generate those ideas (our colleagues). One could take offense at these […]
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 day, 18 hours ago
So how can they “use our prayers?” I’m sure you’re right about the second part: they can use our emotional support, but is “use our prayers” basically synonymous with them using “any emotional support?” If not, […]
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Callan wrote a new post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 2 days, 17 hours ago
I’m dismayed at the news yesterday out of Oklahoma – the violent storm that ended lives.
This morning on Facebook, I noticed that many of my pious friends were letting the rest of us know that they were praying […]
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 2 days, 17 hours ago
Thanks for chiming in.
I make no claims as to whether any prayer-makers did X, Y, or Z. I have no information about their actions beyond praying. If they did something useful as well, that’s great. Nowhere do I […]
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Callan commented on the post, Praying for Oklahoma is worthless, on the site Mountain Beltway 2 days, 23 hours ago
Thanks for expressing your viewpoint. I’m sorry you found it insensitive, as I’m really pretty upset over the whole thing. You should bear in mnd that this IS a personal blog, and that in no way do I represent the […]
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Callan commented on the post, An itty bitty brachiopod, on the site Mountain Beltway 3 days, 17 hours ago
Devonian.
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Callan commented on the post, An itty bitty brachiopod, on the site Mountain Beltway 4 days, 12 hours ago
Yep!
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Callan wrote a new post, Friday fold: Rorschach blot, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 week, 1 day ago
The broad symmetry (with smaller-scale variations) of this fold caught my eye as particularly artful when I saw it (at Howard’s recommendation) last summer in the Canadian Rockies:Kootenay National Park, […]
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Callan wrote a new post, GigaPanning Kilbourne Hole, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 week, 1 day ago
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Callan wrote a new post, Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 week, 2 days ago
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Callan wrote a new post, The latest flood on Passage Creek, on the site Mountain Beltway 1 week, 6 days ago
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Callan wrote a new post, Monday macrobug: A golden weevil, on the site Mountain Beltway 2 weeks ago
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