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On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Is Palmistry Materialism?

History of Science & Scholarship2007.04.16
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Is Palmistry Materialism?
It seems like a fallacy 1: Is palm reading materialism? 2007-04-08 10:37:38 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c5bb42010009el For many years now, there have been many muddled notions popular in China that need to be cleared up slowly. For example, many people regard reading palms to predict fate as idealism and criticize it. Whether predicting fate by palm reading is accurate and effective, I have not studied it, so I dare not offer a verdict. The information on the palm may be able to reflect fate; in theory that is not easy to accept and is hard to reconcile with modern science. But even if it is superstition, nonsense, and utter rubbish, does it therefore…
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2007年4月16日
On CCTV Airing a Paranormal Video

Life & Notes2007.02.08
On CCTV Airing a Paranormal Video
About CCTV Broadcasting Paranormal Videos I happened to see a QQ News item, http://news.qq.com/a/20070208/000611.htm To say whether what CCTV is promoting is “pseudoscience” is hard to say, but one thing can be certain: it is not promoting science, and even less the spirit of science. I already mentioned the badness of CCTV’s “Exploration·Discovery” program in an earlier article, The Zodiac, Easter Island, and the Predicament of Popular Science. I have always recommended: if you want to know more about science, it is best to watch less television. Whether it is “Exploration·Discovery” or “Discovery,” the contribution to the public understanding of science is probably extremely negative. I am less and less…
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2007年2月8日
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Can All Problems Brought by Science Be Solved by Science?

History of Science & Scholarship2007.01.03
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Can All Problems Brought by Science Be Solved by Science?
Reposting one article by Teacher Jiang Xiaoyuan: Can all the problems brought by science be solved by science? 2007-03-30 21:16:43 Can all the problems brought by science be solved by science? ——A discussion with Professor Wei Menghua Jiang Xiaoyuan http://www.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/200733001117574176097.html Science Times 2007-03-30, A4 Having read with respect Professor Wei Menghua’s article, “Science Has No Third Pole—A Discussion with Professor Liu Huajie,” published in the March 23 issue of Science Times · Weekend Review, as well as Professor Liu Huajie’s article, which was the object of discussion and had appeared earlier in Science Times, I have been deeply moved, and cannot resist offering a few modest views of my own….
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2007年1月3日
If you can’t live without it, can’t you rebel against it?

Culture & Public Commentary2006.04.10
If you can’t live without it, can’t you rebel against it?
Many people are very disdainful of the so-called “anti-science cultural figures.” There is a very simple piece of logic: those who are always shouting about opposing science are themselves enjoying technology, using computers to write articles, and in no way can they do without technology—so isn’t opposing technology horribly hypocritical? This logic seems pretty reasonable? In fact, it is ridiculously childish. To use an analogy: we depend on tap water every day, but if there is a problem with water quality, should we not point it out and criticize it? Could a water company use this logic—“You criticize tap water, but can you do without tap water? You’re enjoying our…
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2006年4月10日
Revering Science

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.14
Revering Science
Besides “reverence for life” and “reverence for nature,” I wonder whether one can also propose a “reverence for technology.” For scientistic thinkers, in their attitude toward technology, “reverence” is in excess while “awe” is lacking. They regard technology as a power belonging to human beings themselves; their “worship of technology” is in fact self-worship, blind confidence in their own power. Their “reverence” does not really include true respect either, because they do not understand genuine humility. And yet they are immersed in worship of the mighty force displayed by technology, ignoring the fact that the stronger something is, the more dangerous it is. For extreme anti-scientific thinkers, by contrast,…
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2006年3月14日
Huang Aihe (Interview): “Drift—The Story of Peking University Scholar Liu Huajie”

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.19
Huang Aihe (Interview): “Drift—The Story of Peking University Scholar Liu Huajie”
Huang Aihe (interview): “Drift—The Story of Peking University Scholar Liu Huajie,” Hebei University Press, September 2001 I happened upon this today in Guolinfeng, outside my reading plan, hehe~~ Ahem~~ Any fans of Liu Huajie out there~~? This book is so cute! Hehe, I’m not anyone’s fan, but I very much admire Teacher Liu~~ Page 4 Journalist: I saw in a newspaper that when you were little your family lived in a small mountain valley on Changbai Mountain? Liu Huajie: The full name was “Bahao, Seventeenth Team, Sidaojiang Brigade, Yuanyuan Commune, Tonghua City, Jilin Province.” My family wasn’t even in the team’s settlement area; we lived by ourselves in “Banmiao Valley,”…
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2006年2月19日