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Is it okay for a Catholic to read the magazine Scientific American?

I say probably.

I have been receiving this magazine since August of this year,… so I have about 5 glanced over magazines.

Does anyone care to discuss or share their opinion on the magazine…or any of the articles found in the last 5 issues? 😃

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Frank
 
Why on earth wouldn’t it be okay ?

I have the December issue sitting on my desk - featuring articles like ‘Portrait of a Black Hole’, ‘Expanding the limits of life’ (about a recently discovered type of hot vent ecosystem in the seafloor), ‘World Changing Ideas’ (technological innovations), ‘Decoding an ancient computer’ (archeology), and so on.

It’s science - what’s the problem ?
 
MyriamMS said:
Why on earth wouldn’t it be okay ?

I have the December issue sitting on my desk - featuring articles like ‘Portrait of a Black Hole’, ‘Expanding the limits of life’ (about a recently discovered type of hot vent ecosystem in the seafloor), ‘World Changing Ideas’ (technological innovations), ‘Decoding an ancient computer’ (archeology), and so on.

It’s science - what’s the problem ?
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If it Is really true science it should be okay but not if pseudo/phony science posing under the guise of true science,because just going on the article you have featured hopefully it will feature a much more interesting topic “Portrait of a White Hole.” seldom mentioned - twinc
 
twinc said:
If it Is really true science it should be okay but not if pseudo/phony science posing under the guise of true science,because just going on the article you have featured hopefully it will feature a much more interesting topic “Portrait of a White Hole.” seldom mentioned - twinc
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Well, I confess I am no scientist myself…but my husband is, and he actually is an astrophysicist. He enjoys the SA magazine, and I can’t remember hearing him express any objections to its accurateness. It is I think leaning towards a popularizing science approach, but still ‘true science’.

As for the Black Hole thing…it is a valid, interesting topic that is being currently researched, according to what DH has shared. So while I am sure there are hundreds of other interesting problems, it remains a good topic for a science magazine. Maybe SA will some day feature an article on White Holes, but I can’t see why featuring an article about Black Holes should be a sign of ‘pseudo/phony science’…if that’s what you were suggesting (I may have misunderstood you !).
 
Reading magazines are just like anything else we do in life. We should approach it with a well formed conscience. We should be confident that we know what we believe and what the Church teaches. So that no matter what you do, or what you read, you understand what is in agreement and what is contradictory to the truth.
 
MyriamMS said:
Well, I confess I am no scientist myself…but my husband is, and he actually is an astrophysicist. He enjoys the SA magazine, and I can’t remember hearing him express any objections to its accurateness. It is I think leaning towards a popularizing science approach, but still ‘true science’.

As for the Black Hole thing…it is a valid, interesting topic that is being currently researched, according to what DH has shared. So while I am sure there are hundreds of other interesting problems, it remains a good topic for a science magazine. Maybe SA will some day feature an article on White Holes, but I can’t see why featuring an article about Black Holes should be a sign of ‘pseudo/phony science’…if that’s what you were suggesting (I may have misunderstood you !).
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nothing wrong with “black holes” as such,until they start off postulating the Big Bang and the creation of the Universe etc etc - twinc
 
twinc said:
nothing wrong with “black holes” as such,until they start off postulating the Big Bang and the creation of the Universe etc etc - twinc
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? Big Bang is real, I know because it says so in my bible: " Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. - Gen 1:3 😉
 
twinc said:
nothing wrong with “black holes” as such,until they start off postulating the Big Bang and the creation of the Universe etc etc - twinc
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Are you afraid of all science because it might contradict your beliefs? The Church does not say these things can’t be possible. catholic.com/library/Adam_Eve_and_Evolution.asp

Black holes and cosmology aren’t one and the same, nor does one naturally lead to the other in conversation or study. Cosmology is also not evil. It’s okay to study and read about these things.
 
Why wouldn’t it be ok? I sure hope you dont’ think there’s anything inherantly evil about Science, because there isn’t. Science, properly conducted and understood always glofies God as does the rest of creation. Science turned into a false idol is the problem, but trying to say science it’s self is a problem is equivilent to saying bronze is inherantly evil because false idols have been made out of bronze many times over in history.
 
Ah yes, the December issue, ape-woman, portrait of a black hole, blah blah blah, I glanced through it before my brothers dogs ate it, fortunately SciAm will be replacing it, but I am currently waiting for December… I do recall possibly in the October issue an article about black stars. It turns out black holes might not exist.

God bless,
-F
 
frankblahnik said:
Ah yes, the December issue, ape-woman, portrait of a black hole, blah blah blah, I glanced through it before my brothers dogs ate it, fortunately SciAm will be replacing it, but I am currently waiting for December… I do recall possibly in the October issue an article about black stars. It turns out black holes might not exist.

God bless,
-F
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What?! Who says black holes might not exist. They seem so commonplace. I mean what keeps the galaxies together. Gotta be something quite heavy.
 
StillWondering said:
What?! Who says black holes might not exist. They seem so commonplace. I mean what keeps the galaxies together. Gotta be something quite heavy.
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Black holes might not exist, they might be black stars.

Basically, if a star is big enough, and has a great enough gravity, light cannot escape.

God bless,
-F
 
frankblahnik said:
Black holes might not exist, they might be black stars.

Basically, if a star is big enough, and has a great enough gravity, light cannot escape.

God bless,
-F
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Really. I’ve never heard of that theroy. It sounds interesting. If just it turns out to be correct. Would it be safe to say we have nothing to worry about concerning the LHC?
 
latin_rite said:
Really. I’ve never heard of that theroy. It sounds interesting. If just it turns out to be correct. Would it be safe to say we have nothing to worry about concerning the LHC?
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I think they did a full power run with the LHC and nothing weird happened.

No worries mate! 👍

God bless,
-F
 
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