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Rob Knop's Blog -- ramblings and rants about astronomy, cosmology, science education, general nerdism, and anything else.
Rob Knop earned a PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1997, and did a 5-year post-doc with the Supernova Cosmology Project, and contributed to the discovery of the accelerating Universe. He was an assistant professor of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt for 6 years before scattering out of academia. He now works for Linden Lab, the producers of Second LIfe. (Note: this is not an official site of Linden Lab! Although I work for Linden Lab, all content in this blog is posted without the review or approval of Linden Lab. All statements and opinions expressed here are my own.)
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Category: Science & Religion
Science has obviated the need for any kind of mythology or religion to explain how the natural world works, how life or humanity arose, or how the Universe came to be the way that it is. Yet, I still think religion has a role to play in the modern world.
Posted by Rob Knop at 7:55 PM • 325 Comments •
Category: Science & Religion
It's rare to find somebody who will openly admit to being religious on scienceblogs.com. And, unsurprisingly, those of us who do come in feeing a priori defensive. I being to ramble on the matter.
Posted by Rob Knop at 12:34 PM • 207 Comments •
Category: Science & Religion
My take on the "young-earth Creationist / Paleontologist PhD" bruhaha.
Posted by Rob Knop at 11:03 AM • 32 Comments •
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