Comments on: Dr. Donald R. Prothero has been awarded the 2013 James Shea Award by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:27:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488225 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:27:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488225 harbinger, I doubt that. I’ve not read the book yet, but I’ve seen parts of it.

]]> By: harbinger https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488224 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:14:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488224 His recent book, “Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future” is really quite dreadful and is a denial of scientific enquiry.

]]> By: alisonT https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488223 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:22:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488223 Donald Prothero writes a great skeptical blog, too.

]]> By: Dan J. Andrews https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488222 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:02:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488222 I really enjoyed his book Evolution: What the fossils say. What really “endeared” him to me is that he learned Koine Greek and Hebrew so he could better understand the bible, and by extension, what christians, may believe. You have to understand the beliefs if you want to refute ideas based on those beliefs. People are more inclined to listen to you if you show an understanding of their position.

That’s a lesson Dawkins could have used—he didn’t even bother to learn enough to pass a first year course in religious philosophy so made a fool of himself because he didn’t know the arguments, didn’t know his arguments were refuted (often centuries ago), and misunderstood the arguments in the first place. His knowledge of christianity was, if possible, even weaker.

Prothero, on the other hand, took his role as educator seriously enough to put in the hard time required to learn the languages.

hm, now I have an urge to reread his book again. Been a couple of years now.

]]> By: mikeb609 https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488221 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:37:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488221 If I had to say anything bad about Professor Prothero, it’s that the writing in “Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs” is exceedingly mannered and irritating. Besides that, he’s a national treasure. His latest book on evolution is bold and gorgeous.

]]> By: David Kirtley https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488220 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:05:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488220 Loved his book: Evolution: What the Fossils Say…

]]> By: Artor https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/05/dr-donald-r-prothero-has-been-awarded-the-2013-james-shea-award-by-the-national-association-of-geoscience-teachers/#comment-488219 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:56:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16853#comment-488219 I hope the good doctor took proper measures to protect himself and his students from the Gorn that are known to lurk in that area. Fortunately, there is an abundance of surface minerals that can be used to produce makeshift firearms.

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