Astrophysicist Writes Brutal Response To WSJ Article Claiming Science Has Proven God Exists Recently – Christmas Day, in fact – the Wall Street Journal published an article by a Christian apologist who boldly declared that science was “increasingly” making the case for God, year-after-year. Eric Metaxas is best known as a biographical writer, but he is also lauded (in conservative circles) for his work promoting the pro-life movement and making sweeping, outrageous conclusions about the existence of God based on whatever tenuous evidence seems handy at the time. If sweeping, outrageous conclusions be Metaxas bread-and-butter, than his Wall Street Journal article is perhaps his magnum opus. It’s a doozy. After subtitling his work “The odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer. The arguments aren’t new. Today there are more than 200 known parameters necessary for a planet to support life—every single one of which must be perfectly met, or the whole thing falls apart. Feature image via The Conversation
home - Dear Everybody Body Painter Transforms Humans Into Breathtaking Portraits Of Animals There’s more to this beautiful heron than meets the eye. It’s actually a human body covered intricately in paint. The stunning work was created by artist Shannon Holt, a body painter from Florida who’s known for her ability to transform the human body into a canvas for beautiful art. The piece is part of Holt’s “Florida Wildlife Series,” a collection of several animal portraits, all painstakingly drawn on human bodies. In a May interview with the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Holt explained what it is about body painting as a medium that she loves so much. “You can have a really beautiful work that transforms the body into a human sculpture or abstract piece that touches on art history, or is a master copy of an Italian Renaissance painting,” she told the news outlet. She added that she loves the “ephemeral” nature of body painting. Scroll down to see more images of Holt’s "Florida Wildlife Series." Ryder Gledhill / Shannon Holt / Caters News Honey Bees
La métacognition dans l’utilisation des fonctions d’aide technologiques Ajouter aux Favoris Par Nathalie Arbour, Orthopédagogue au Service d’aide à l’apprentissage de Lanaudière et conseillère en services adaptés au collège de Saint-Jérôme Qu’est-ce que la métacognition ? La métacognition est un processus relié aux connaissances que l’on possède au sujet de nos propres stratégies et au contrôle que l’on exerce sur celles-ci afin de nous aider à résoudre un problème de façon plus efficace. Cette fonction exécutive de haut niveau qui fait appel à la capacité de réfléchir sur ses connaissances à comprendre son propre fonctionnement et à évaluer sa démarche lors des apprentissages est d’ailleurs un des meilleurs prédicateurs de la réussite scolaire (Dévolvé, 2005). Lorsqu’on doit apprendre de nouveaux concepts, résoudre des problèmes, faire des liens ou bien créer des relations entre des idées et des concepts, il existe une sorte de discours intérieur que l’élève entretient de façon inconsciente avec lui-même. L’enseignement explicite de la métacognition
▶ One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (5 Piano Guys, 1 piano) - ThePianoGuys We're on Tour! Sheet Music: Album here: song here: Subscribe to our main channel: to our BTS channel: us on Facebook: us on Twitter: Get PianoGuys T-Shirts, Wristbands, Sheetmusic here: STORY BEHIND THE SONGThe idea: A couple months ago the 5 of us were gathered round a piano prepping for a video shoot scheduled for that day. The song: We went through several song possibilities before landing on "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. The location: Where to film? Many thanks to the awesome guys at Annex Recording and Giles Reaves (engineer) for letting us record at their studio.
Les 7 bénéfices de la gratitude: comment la gratitude peut changer votre vie - Therapeutes magazine La plupart d’entre nous ont appris de nos aînés/nos parents que nous devrions dire «merci» chaque fois que quelqu’un nous passe les petits pois à table ou nous aide d’une manière ou d’une autre. Mais exprimer sa gratitude a des avantages qui vont bien au-delà des conventions sociales… Un nombre de plus en plus important de recherches suggèrent que la gratitude peut profiter à notre bien-être physique, mental et social de façon importante. Et le meilleur dans tout ça…Les avantages de la gratitude sont à la disposition de tous – des enfants aux octogénaires et à tous les autres. Voici ce que vous gagnez à être reconnaissant. Qu’est-ce que la gratitude et pourquoi est-ce bon pour vous? La reconnaissance est définie par Psychology Today comme «une émotion exprimant l’appréciation de ce que l’on a» . De plus en plus de recherches révèlent qu’être reconnaissant est vraiment bon pour nous. La gratitude stimule les bons sentiments La gratitude améliore la prise de décision
12 Enjoyable Names for Relatively Common Things Fancy yourself a logophile ... and didn't have to look up "logophile"? See if you know these 12 words for common things. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Getty Images 9. 10. 11. 12. What are some of your favorite extra ordinary/extraordinary words? For 12-12-12, we’ll be posting twenty-four '12 lists' throughout the day. Three ways to help any kid be more creative The world’s problems demand bold, new solutions, so today’s children need to develop open, agile minds. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist David Eagleman tell you how to nurture them. Our children spend many of their waking hours in the classroom. It’s where their aspirations are nurtured and where they get their first sense of what their society expects of them. When run correctly, it’s a place where imagination is cultivated. Human brains digest the world to produce novelty — but too many classrooms offer little to be digested, instead proffering a diet of regurgitation. That model doesn’t prepare our students well for an advancing world, one in which jobs are rapidly redefined and the prizes go to those who can generate novel opportunities. 1. At the start of the school year, Pennsylvania art teacher Lindsay Esola draws an apple on the board and asks her fourth grade students to draw their own versions. There are many ways to mine the past for new possibilities. 2. 3.
A4 Papercuts Ogni scultura cartacea realizzata dall’artista Peter Callesen ha un unico punto di partenza: un candido e standardizzato foglio formato A4. Quello che accade dopo il “trattamento Callesen” lo potete vedere con i vostri occhi. Uccelli in procinto di spiccare il volo, scheletri che prendono vita… “The negative and absent 2 dimensional space left by the cut, points out the contrast to the 3 dimensional reality it creates, even though the figures still stick to their origin without the possibility of escaping“. Chapeau. [Via] Comments comments 9 TED Talks recommended by students, for students Which TED Talks do students love? We asked TED-Ed Club Members around the world to share their favorites. Below, check out 9 great talks recommended by and for young people: 1. Cameron Russell: Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model This talk is a great reminder that it’s what’s on the inside that counts. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. To celebrate and amplify youth voices in your community, start a TED-Ed Club. Author bio: Annie Brodsky is a university student and occasional intern at TED-Ed.
How To Fathom Pi: Amazing Visual Illustrations Distribution of the first 123,201 digits of π mapped onto a red-yellow-blue Brewer palette and placed as circles on an Archimedean spiral by Martin Krzywinski Pi is, quite possibly, the most famous number known to man.* This fact is a little bit ironic, as we don’t actually have a number for pi. Well, not a complete number anyways, because pi never ends. If you try to pin it down to the decimal, you can’t do it—the decimal representation goes on endlessly, and it never settles into a repeating patters. Hence, all the fame. If you are unfamiliar with this number, pi is the mathematical constant that represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, and it is typically written as 3.14159 . However, (despite some minor set backs) the quest to understand pi continues. Recently, Cristian Ilies Vasile created an amazing way to visualize pi. This visual representation was created by a 41 year old individual who suffered brain damage after being attacked by muggers.