Comments on: Science Fare

By: lolli

lolli — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:54:04 +0000

the speech was great..but i hav to giv a speech to the whole school…thanks for the ideas!

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Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:09:49 +0000

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By: AlphaOmega

AlphaOmega — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:19:41 +0000

Someone back in 2005 posted that he/she almost cried after reading your speech. May I say I just went one step further than the “almost”.

Salute skipper for your deeply motivating exorcization of human dumbness.

Regards,
The One.

By: Jeb Goodcarver

Jeb Goodcarver — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:32:44 +0000

Excellent post Dr. Plait…I trust you will allow it to be taught along with Creationism after the McCain/Palin team takes over in Janbuary 2009 and eliminates the teaching of Science from our school system.

By: geetha

geetha — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:20:45 +0000

hi phil
if it’s okay to comment after such a long time ……..

three cheers to you for such a wonderful speech. i can see a touch of carl sagan in that. lucky students and i am sure atleast some of them would have been inspired to pursue science.

i am printing this speech and filing it for my 5 year daughter to read when she grows up

love u

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Bienvenido a la ciencia « Hazael’s Weblog — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:55:05 +0000

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By: Hazael

Hazael — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:34:02 +0000

Great speech, I've always found science fascinating and I would like to have your permission to translate this post to spanish and post it on my blog, of course all the credit will go to you.