by Salman Hameed
I had earlier posted some of my thoughts about Ridley Scott's new film, Prometheus. While I am disappointed with the film, there are indeed elements of the film that can generate good discussions. But then there was so much potential...
For another look at the film, here is my dialogue about Prometheus with UMass film professor, Kevin Anderson, for our regular Film Autopsy (see here for all our other reviews). And below that is a spoiler discussion ("no-glove autopsy") about science and religion in Prometheus.
Here is the review of Prometheus:
And here is a discussion of science and religion in Prometheus (warning: this contains plot spoilers):
What did you think of the film?
What is Irtiqa?
Irtiqa is Salman Hameed's blog. A few years ago (before Facebook killed many of the blogs), it used to track stories of science & religion, especially those related to Muslim societies. That is still one of its foci, but now it dovetails more of Salman's interests including film, astronomy, science fiction, and science outreach in both Pakistan and the US.
Irtiqa literally means evolution in Urdu. But it does not imply only biological evolution. Instead, it is an all encompassing word used for evolution of the universe, biological evolution, and also for biological/human development. While it has created confusion in debates over biological evolution in South Asia, it provides a nice integrative name for this blog. For further information, contact Salman Hameed.
The blog banner is designed by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. You can find all his creative endeavors at Orangie.
Salman Hameed
Salman is an astronomer and Associate Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is working on understanding the rise of creationism in contemporary Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science & religion. He is also working with historian Tracy Leavelle at Creighton University to analyze reconciliation efforts between astronomers and Native Hawaiians over telescopes on top of sacred Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He teaches “History and Philosophy of Science & Religion” with philosopher Laura Sizer, and “Science in the Islamic World”, both at Hampshire College. Salman and Laura Sizer are also responsible for the ongoing Hampshire College Lecture Series on Science & Religion, and you can find videos of all these lectures below. Contact information here.
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Blog Archive
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- Saturday Video: Short Film - Pentecost
- Arabic Calligraphy with Circuits
- Back from Leeds
- Film Autopsy and a spoiler discussion of "Prometheus"
- Can we make sense of Saudi beheadings on witchcraf...
- Saturday Video: Mathematical art of M.C. Escher
- Sustainability example from Karachi
- How the Muslim world sees American science, techno...
- Polio may be the winner between the Taliban and th...
- Saturday Video: Sagan Series - The Humans
- Learning about microbes from Hajj
- Our Sun's stroll through the gaseous neighborhood...
- Prometheus: Yikes!
- Saturday Video: Shostak on "What if ET is out there?"
- Creationism idiocy in South Korea
- Transit of Venus in Extreme Ultraviolet
- Pakistani, Queer, Woman, Astrophysicist: Journal "...
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