Every Once In A While Blog

    I was just telling a friend that the controversy of Evolution (capital ‘E’) doesn’t seem (to me at least) to be a big issue in Malaysia. Think about it. When has the subject of evolution ever come up in your conversations, or in the media. I can say that in my 3 years in USM, it was brought up maybe once or twice (one of which was during Modern Physics lecture with Dr. Yoon). I heard, even the biology lecturers in USM will just gloss through the topic. And it’s only because they have to.

    BUT, for some people who are more exposed to western ideas, chances are this is (at least at the personal level) an issue that they grapple with.

    SO, for those who
1) have an interest in the evolution vs. intelligent design debate, or
2) those who feel that freedom to challenge accepted ideas/ideologies is suppressed

…then you might find this interesting.

EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED

It’s a documentary in the vein of ‘Supersize Me’ and ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. The issue is "The freedom to legitimately challenge ‘Big Science’s’ orthodoxy…without persecution." It’s by Ben Stein (lawyer, writer, actor etc.). You might remember him from ‘The Mask’. I still remember his line: "We all wear masks, metaphorically speaking"

Go to Expelledthemovie.com

Check it out. I do hope it’ll cause a stir just like "An Inconvenient Truth" did. Also hoping it’ll come to Malaysia. Wonder what are the chances of that?

    Death. I just heard earlier today. A lab assistant from Lab 200 in Physics School USM just collapsed and died last Wednesday night. He was to retire this November.
    I’m quite shocked because i see him almost every week. I talk to him occasionally when I go to the lab to do my final year project. In fact, I saw him just last Monday. 3 days before his passing. On Wednesday he punched out of work just like any other day. He died later that night.
    I’m just shocked. Someone, living and breathing, snuffed out. Irreversible. Irretrievable. Someone I barely know, but nevertheless…know.
     And what I really…regret…is that I never shared the gospel with this man. I remember thinking whether I should talk to this man about his eternal destiny last Monday when I saw him. I thought the same thing on several occasions prior to that. I’m too late…