Archive of February 2009
2009.02.26
WPA Conference
I found out fairly recently that my senior thesis was accepted at the WPA Conference in Portland, from April 23 - 26! I'm pretty excited! I'll have a poster there. No formal presentations, I believe. So, if you're in the area, look for a poster there about Isaac Asimov and Compulsive Writing. :-)
Speaking of my senior thesis, it's pretty much soaking up all of my free time when I'm not working on homework for other classes. I'll be formally presenting my thesis at my university on April 22nd, along with most every other senior in my university. It's nerve-wracking and completely exciting experience at the same time. I'll have to start giving fake speeches and practicing so I don't sound like a stuttering fool. Maybe I'll get someone to record it and then post it up here as youtube video. That could be... scary. I'll have to think about that.
2009.02.11
Faith Healing
Faith healing is bogus. Prayer does not heal people, and it cannot miraculously make people better. There are two arguments when it comes to medicine, in my view:
- If there is a God, he gave us science which led to Doctors and modern medicine. We should go to these Doctors to make us better when we are ill, and thank them when we are healthy.
- There isn't a God. We found science to be the best method of making discoveries about the world around us. Our discoveries have led us to modern medicine, and Doctors.
I've been following the Kara Neumann case for some time. I find what the parents have done to be absolutely atrocious. It's completely inexcusable.