Music Recommend

"A scientific theory
Isn't just a hunch or guess
It's more like a question
That's been put through a lot of tests"
I remember on my first listen-through thinking that this album really likes its subject in a really nerdy way. And, upon further listenings, I really like the idea of an album being factually correct in a field I tend to be a minor jerk about. Especially "Put It To The Test", which has a pretty great summary of the idea of Falsifiability.

I heard this album played on the radio a few weeks ago, and the nerds who ran this college radio show were similarly excited about the science-ness of this album. I need to listen to it more, and I'm interested in my relationship to this album in the context of the currently perceived cultural divide between "religion" and "science." Isn't that like choosing between cake and ice cream?

I had related thoughts about some of the evolution references: I have this knee-jerk reaction [I believe, of our times] of "why don't they show all sides of the subject?".  Then I think of how many levels it was ridiculous that I just thought that.  Upon more listens, I noticed how "My Brother the Ape" seems to deal with a guy reluctantly dealing with his animal relatives, which I think is subtle - like "this is what you're all thinking", without being side-tracked at all from "Science".

I have similar thoughts about a nod to Pluto, without the "name all the planets" song being at all about the Pluto problem.

These are not the reasons I'm loving this album, however.

(New favorite mp3 player: SysTrayPlay.  Not because it has the puzzling option of shutting down the computer after playback.)