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Mars & The Teachable Moment

Posted by Hemos on from the learning-from-the-past dept.

Gallenod writes "In this article at space.com, Edna DeVore, Director of Education and Public Outreach for SETI, states that people are being continually exposed to pseudo-science from watching television and reading tabloids. Her examples include the "face" on Mars (which she discusses in detail in the article), alien autopsies, Area 51 in the Nevada desert as alien storage quarters, the "non-landings" on the Moon, UFO's, and alien kidnappings. DeVore describes the current Mars missions as a "teachable moment," an opportunity to teach factual science and astronomy in the context of sensationalistic psuedo-science and the legion of money-grubbing opportunists who make their living churning it out."

9 of 483 comments (clear)

  1. The Five-Step Plan by Lord+Grey · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The article merely points out a specific example of the Easy Five-Step Plan To Success:
    1. Locate box.
    2. Step AWAY from the box.
    3. Think.
    4. ...
    5. Profit!
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    // Beyond Here Lie Dragons
    1. Re:The Five-Step Plan by MELBURNER · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      there is no box, but if i typed r e e l s l o w i mught not have known that who's got the slashdot wpm calculator?

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      word to the true, from and from it DAE
  2. Legion of money-grubbing opportunists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Meaning Lucas and the like?

  3. My Teacher... by DrMindWarp · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...is an alien so how does that help me ?

  4. Has to be said... by abhinavnath · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All they need is a face detector!

    ...crickets chirping...

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    My other sig is also a .Porsche
  5. Edna DeVore, a.k.a. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dana Scully

  6. Ask your students.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ... about how many page views and ad hits space.com gets for this....

    ... about how many page views and ad hits slashdot.org gets for linking to space.com...

  7. Obligatory Miss Saigon quote... by kryonD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "You can sell sh!t and get thanks...that's what I learned from the Yanks."

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    I've dirtied my hands writing poetry, for the sake of seduction; that is, for the sake of a useful cause. --Dostoevsky
  8. Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want to insert my $699 licensing fee into your anal cunt, j00 faggot teabagger!