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Bill - Compulsory Sci-Fi in West Va !!
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2013-04-27 23:33:00 UTC
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/19/bill-compulsory-science-fiction-west-virginia?CMP=twt_gu

Wow !

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#2 - 2013-04-27 23:41:07 UTC
i wasn't aware that folks in west virginia were able to read and write...well, beyond signing and making sure their welfare checks were for the appropriate amount. or perhaps to sign and understand their marriage license to their first cousins. or what parts they might need to fix up the car thats been propped atop a few cinder blocks for a couple years.

wow...that is a strong series of horrible generalizations i just posted...i'm terrible today.

but still finding humor in them regardless. Blink
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2013-04-27 23:53:50 UTC
Believe me, I was surprised about West Virginia myself (and yes, I know guys, I've been there).

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
#4 - 2013-04-28 00:53:18 UTC
This has my vote.

Surrender is still your slightly less painful option.
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#5 - 2013-04-28 03:05:45 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/19/bill-compulsory-science-fiction-west-virginia?CMP=twt_gu

Wow !

Go G. O. P! Go G. O. P! Go G. O. P!

Cool

(Hey, a party member made an excellent, forward-moving proposal, I gots a right to party!)

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Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-04-28 03:07:15 UTC
Someone has been reading 1632 series by Eric Flint.
The first book: 1632 http://hell.pl/szymon/Baen/The%20Baltic%20War/1632/index.htm

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-04-28 03:33:31 UTC
Huh... so they're teaching the theory of evolution now P

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#8 - 2013-04-28 03:42:27 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Huh... so they're teaching the theory of evolution now P

In West Virginia, no less.
Go figure, eh?

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Indahmawar Fazmarai
#9 - 2013-04-28 08:01:29 UTC
Republican white crow? 'mazing.
Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2013-04-28 09:05:00 UTC
you can't save 'em all, though the thought is nice

imo, it's still off the mark of instilling a habit of dealing in empirical data.

but maybe the situation can only be affected so much, and piquing their curiosity is a small first step.

they'll learn, eventually. or they won't. chances are either way they'll live out their lives convinced they're happy.

these kids, I mean.

a kid doesn't have to be a genius to figure out if they want something nice in the world, it means they'll have to apply themselves effectively and operate in terms of cause and effect, and not live their lives by fables and parables, and analogies, and folk wisdom.


[how's that for not posting about not-science? Big smile]
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#11 - 2013-04-28 13:09:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
An american politician pushing for the promotion of science and maths, as well as better literacy? What is this blasphemy?

Caleidascope wrote:
Someone has been reading 1632 series by Eric Flint.
The first book: 1632 http://hell.pl/szymon/Baen/The%20Baltic%20War/1632/index.htm

Baens website introduced me to the honorverse series, the empire of man series, the dahak series and the 1632 series, all fairly good sci-fi reads.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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stoicfaux
#12 - 2013-04-28 18:11:17 UTC
Relax, they're talking about the Bible. The Bible is the greatest Science Fiction story ever because a) it's a completely factual book with solid science and b) it's (only) fiction because godless, un-amerikun', heathen, liberals are too spiritually lacking to accept it (yet.)

/wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, err /fundamentalist-in-a-scientists's-lab-coat

Twisted

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#13 - 2013-04-28 21:38:59 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Relax, they're talking about the Bible. The Bible is the greatest Science Fiction story ever because a) it's a completely factual book with solid science and b) it's (only) fiction because godless, un-amerikun', heathen, liberals are too spiritually lacking to accept it (yet.)

/wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, err /fundamentalist-in-a-scientists's-lab-coat

Twisted



The Ark of the Covenant is in fact a capacitor weapon. The designs are well described but I'm afraid to try it.

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#14 - 2013-04-29 01:00:52 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
stoicfaux wrote:
Relax, they're talking about the Bible. The Bible is the greatest Science Fiction story ever because a) it's a completely factual book with solid science and b) it's (only) fiction because godless, un-amerikun', heathen, liberals are too spiritually lacking to accept it (yet.)

/wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, err /fundamentalist-in-a-scientists's-lab-coat

Twisted



The Ark of the Covenant is in fact a capacitor weapon. The designs are well described but I'm afraid to try it.
Well, yeah. You get the control circuit wrong, and it'll melt your face off.

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Reuben Johnson
Gal-Min Industries
#15 - 2013-04-29 02:37:27 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/19/bill-compulsory-science-fiction-west-virginia?CMP=twt_gu

Wow !

of course, becuase if you really want in depth knowledge of what's going on in the US, go to a cheap British tabloid to get you're facts.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#16 - 2013-04-29 03:08:01 UTC
Reuben Johnson wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/19/bill-compulsory-science-fiction-west-virginia?CMP=twt_gu

Wow !

of course, becuase if you really want in depth knowledge of what's going on in the US, go to a cheap British tabloid to get you're facts.



Better than American journals. They just report on Lindsay Lohan's latest menstrual cycle.

But anyway, it's in the book section of that 'rag', and came from reports on IOS9 and Blaster.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#17 - 2013-04-29 10:10:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
stoicfaux wrote:
Relax, they're talking about the Bible. The Bible is the greatest Science Fiction story ever because a) it's a completely factual book with solid science and b) it's (only) fiction because godless, un-amerikun', heathen, liberals are too spiritually lacking to accept it (yet.)

/wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, err /fundamentalist-in-a-scientists's-lab-coat

Twisted

The Hindu scriptures are much better sci fi, they contain descriptions and images that describe flying machines, the after effects of nuclear weapons, and space flight among other things.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#18 - 2013-04-29 15:37:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
In other news, the George W. Bush presidential library has opened in Dallas. It has the Bible (King James Version), the Bible (Revised Standard Version), the Bible (Scofield edition, with cross-references), the Bible (King James, large print edition) and The Children's Illustrated Bible. And for some entertainment reading, Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, the Hank the Cowdog series, 101 Clean Jokes for Kids, and Reader's Digest.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#19 - 2013-04-29 17:57:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Khergit Deserters wrote:
In other news, the George W. Bush presidential library has opened in Dallas. It has the Bible (King James Version), the Bible (Revised Standard Version), the Bible (Scofield edition, with cross-references), the Bible (King James, large print edition) and The Children's Illustrated Bible. And for some entertainment reading, Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, the Hank the Cowdog series, 101 Clean Jokes for Kids, and Reader's Digest.



And don't forget the copy of "The Pet Goat" Lol It's the very copy from that classroom session.



Edit: Just found: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marie-woolf/my-pet-goat-the-george-w-_b_3157382.html

"When plans for the George W. Bush Presidential Library were announced, some years ago, I envisioned the perfect design: an empty shell containing a single book: The Pet Goat."

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#20 - 2013-04-29 19:53:21 UTC
Isn't Bush dyslexic? How can he open a library if he can barely read? Is it an audiobook experience?

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