lois Shadewald on Pseudoscience and Greg Laden on Academic Freedom - Atheists Talk #017 May 4, 2008 - Minnesota Atheists ~ Positive Atheism in Action Since 1991

lois Shadewald on Pseudoscience and Greg Laden on Academic Freedom - Atheists Talk #017 May 4, 2008

Cynthia Egli talks with Lois Shadewald about pseudo science, including perpetual motion machines, and the Flat Earth Society which are mentioned in "Worlds of Their Own." Greg Laden steps in to talk with Mike Haubrich about legislation which is hoping around the country, proposing "Academic Freedom," that would require the teaching of Creationism in public schools.

INTERVIEW OF LOIS SCHADEWALD, EDITOR OF “WORLDS OF THEIR OWN,” A BOOK OF ESSAYS ON PSEUDOSCIENCE BY THE LATE ROBERT J. SCHADEWALD, BY CYNTHIA EGLI

• "Worlds of Their Own: Insights into PseudoScience from Creationism to the End Times" by Robert J. Schadewald

INTERVIEW OF GREG LADEN REGARDING “ACADEMIC FREEDOM” LEGISLATION, BY MIKE HAUBRICH

• "Academic Freedom and Free Speech Bill of Rights" (HF 3922) introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives

• Greg Laden’s Science Blog

• Mike Haubrich’s Blog (Tangled Up In Blue Guy)

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