Comments on: Overbuilt

By: jwfost

jwfost — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:13:55 +0000

Hey Dustin!
The West Point curriculum was actually exactly what we used. Some people had seen it in HS, but it’s still appropriate for first-term college students — though most physics or engineering people will find it too easy.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:01:58 +0000

You might find these interesting:

http://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=780

This second one is for HS students, but you might find some relevance in it:

http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/

By: George Thomas

George Thomas — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:57:12 +0000

Joshua,

I was at a conference you talked at earlier this year, spoke to you and bought your book, If Not God, Then What. I’m reading Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, currently and came across a line that resonates with your book.

Dawkins describes a childhood experience of transcendent feeling about the Universe and mentions a Church of England minister who entered the ministry as the result of similar feelings about God: “Why the same emotion should have led my chaplain in one direction and me in the other is not an easy question to answer,” writes Dawkins.

There you go, eh?

By: Tobi Lehman

Tobi Lehman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:24:46 +0000

This resonated with me, I’m using the expression “Zombie Apocalypse” as a descriptor for the kinds of situations where groups of humans are dangerous for some reason, (riot, revolution, food shortage…etc).

I don’t think that the zombie itself is a real threat, since zombies don’t exist. But that doesn’t mean that scenarios less than or equivalent to a zombie apocalypse are not worth preparing for.

By: wbt

wbt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:13:37 +0000

Would make a good fable for a young skeptic . . .