Anyone here go to last night's Frontiers of Science lecture at the U last night? I'd be interested to hear what folks thought about the talk. Patrick
I enjoyed it -- rather thought-provoking stuff. What did you think of it Patrick? --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Anyone here go to last night's Frontiers of Science lecture at the U last night?
I'd be interested to hear what folks thought about the talk.
Patrick
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Richard Tenney wrote:
I enjoyed it -- rather thought-provoking stuff. What did you think of it Patrick?
I was bothered by their (seemingly) trying to make us (Earth and the life thereon) somehow "special".
Patrick
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--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
I was bothered by their (seemingly) trying to make us (Earth and the life thereon) somehow "special". Patrick
It was too new-age and neo-hippy. Afterwards, I wanted to go home, burn some incense, stare into a crystal, and put on "The Dark Side of the Moon." -:) Hopefully, the Spitzer lecture tomorrow will provide the antidote and straighten me out again. - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Wait, Dark Side of the Moon is new-age and neo-hippy?? Cool! I knew there was a reason I liked Pink Floyd. Rich Allen Canopus56 wrote:
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
I was bothered by their (seemingly) trying to make us (Earth and the life thereon) somehow "special". Patrick
It was too new-age and neo-hippy. Afterwards, I wanted to go home, burn some incense, stare into a crystal, and put on "The Dark Side of the Moon." -:) Hopefully, the Spitzer lecture tomorrow will provide the antidote and straighten me out again.
- Canopus56
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--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Anyone here go to last night's Frontiers of Science lecture at the U last night? I'd be interested to hear what folks thought about the talk. - Patrick
From the lecture alone, I had a pretty bad reaction to both their central concept and the science behind it. I typed-up some lengthy notes and rather than clog the mailserve-list, I have posted them via this link -
http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/20060413Primacklecturenote.... I liked their astronomy joke about optimists and pessimists: "An optimist looks at a planetary nebulae and sees the chemicals of life being created. A pessimist looks at a planetary nebulae and sees a nuclear waste factory." - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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