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20/20

Can anyone recognize the fact that dr.kaku was on 20/20 in the United States on ABC in August 2006 the special was enttitled 7 deadly threats to earth.

The Screensavers

Dr. Kaku has also appeared on The Screensavers a few times (G4/TechTV)

Matters of faith

is he an atheist, anagnostic, deist, or does he associate with a religious identity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.90.157.166 (talk) 06:42, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He's a Presbyterian.

"His own religious influences were contradictory: his parents were Buddhist, but he was raised as a Presbyterian. Yet modern physics seems to accommodate both views." [1]

Seniortrend (talk) 04:39, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It just says he was raised Presbyterian; he might not be anymore. At the end of that article it says "Kaku described his belief eloquently: 'I would say that I lean toward the God of Einstein and Spinoza; that is, a God of harmony, simplicity and elegance, rather than a personal God who interferes in human affairs ...'

That doesn't sound like a Christian god to me. --Jak86 (talk)(contribs)(email) 12:47, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, that sounds a lot more like the Deist God of the Enlightenment than a Christian God. References to such should probably be in his own words. Again, as this is a biography of a living person, all statements must be reliably sourced.Spirit469 (talk) 06:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The only 'source' of his Pantheism I was able to find ^[1] related to the fact that he is the son of Japanese immigrants, "so he probably had some Shinto/Buddhist influences... and he's a scientist. Therefore Pantheism!". I would hope whoever labeled him as this on this page has better sources than the ones I found based on racist stereotype nonsense.Absurdist313 (talk) 18:11, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism

There are many scientists who strongly criticize Kaku's methods for popularization of science and explaining physics concepts to the layman. Could we make a section about this if enough references are compiled? Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 20:47, 26 May 2013 (UTC) I would gladly provide references to the inaccuracies he spreads, and can even explain the faults of these explanations. but you would have to compile it, as I have no experience in wikipedia. Maybe we could open a different page devoted to fallacies of pop science - and refer to these. unsigned comment added by MrWorshipMe (talk) 12:42, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

^ http://hollowverse.com/michio-kaku/

[1] ttp://hollowverse.com/michio-kaku/

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 There are many scientists who strongly criticize Kaku's methods for popularization of science and explaining physics concepts to the layman. Could we make a section about this if enough references are compiled? [[User:Hamsterlopithecus|Hamsterlopithecus]] ([[User talk:Hamsterlopithecus|talk]]) 20:47, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 I would gladly provide references to the inaccuracies he spreads, and can even explain the faults of these explanations. but you would have to compile it, as I have no experience in wikipedia.
-Maybe we could open a different page devoted to fallacies of pop science - and refer to these.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/82.81.205.91|82.81.205.91]] ([[User talk:82.81.205.91|talk]]) 12:42, 19 July 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+Maybe we could open a different page devoted to fallacies of pop science - and refer to these. [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:MrWorshipMe|MrWorshipMe]] ([[User talk:MrWorshipMe|talk]]) 12:42, 19 July 2013 (UTC)