Comments on: Randi on the mend! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TriangleMan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12749 TriangleMan Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:17:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12749 It is things like this that shows how psychics, witches and other woo-woos with "special powers" are full of it. If any of them had special powers Randi would have died of a mysterious ailment decades ago. I hope he lives to 100! He can dedicate a book to all of the medical woo-woos that he outlived. :) It is things like this that shows how psychics, witches and other woo-woos with “special powers” are full of it. If any of them had special powers Randi would have died of a mysterious ailment decades ago. I hope he lives to 100! He can dedicate a book to all of the medical woo-woos that he outlived. :)

]]> By: SFwriter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12748 SFwriter Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:59:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12748 YES ! ! ! :mrgreen: Hey, Uri Geller -- Duck, and COVER! YES ! ! ! :mrgreen:

Hey, Uri Geller — Duck, and COVER!

]]> By: Roy Batty http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12747 Roy Batty Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:16:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12747 Good to hear his voice too, is it just me or does he sound even younger now? :) I used to like the webcasts they did. Good to hear his voice too, is it just me or does he sound even younger now? :) I used to like the webcasts they did.

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]]> By: Toren Atkinson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12745 Toren Atkinson Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:16:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12745 Hooray! Hooray!

]]> By: scubajim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12744 scubajim Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:36:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12744 I'm glad he is getting better. Grumpy he may be, but we need such fiesty codgers to put the WOO WOO sharlatins in their place. I went to a lecture the other night where Sir Roger Penrose was talking about the Big Bang and his theory about what he thinks happened before the Big Bang. (don't ask me to explain what he said, I am not a physisist. I am a bad speller/) The person introducing him said that Sir Penrose wanted to make it clear that he wasn't an IDer. The thunderous applause was hear warming. Yes, the talk was fasinating. I bought his book and got it autographed. I plan to read it and if I understand 1/10th of it I'll be lucky. I’m glad he is getting better. Grumpy he may be, but we need such fiesty codgers to put the WOO WOO sharlatins in their place.

I went to a lecture the other night where Sir Roger Penrose was talking about the Big Bang and his theory about what he thinks happened before the Big Bang. (don’t ask me to explain what he said, I am not a physisist. I am a bad speller/) The person introducing him said that Sir Penrose wanted to make it clear that he wasn’t an IDer. The thunderous applause was hear warming.

Yes, the talk was fasinating. I bought his book and got it autographed. I plan to read it and if I understand 1/10th of it I’ll be lucky.

]]> By: L Ron Hubbub http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12743 L Ron Hubbub Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:40:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12743 Yay Randi! I guess all those prayers for your recovery paid off. Oh, wait... Yay Randi! I guess all those prayers for your recovery paid off. Oh, wait…

]]> By: The Galaxy Trio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12742 The Galaxy Trio Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:59:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12742 "does anyone have thoughts on the Pentagon considering space-based weapons? " Yeah, where do I send my resume. :) That's assuming I don't hear back from the stealth shark people, which is currently the Coolest Job On The Planet. “does anyone have thoughts on the Pentagon considering space-based weapons? ”

Yeah, where do I send my resume. :)

That’s assuming I don’t hear back from the stealth shark people, which is currently the Coolest Job On The Planet.

]]> By: HawaiiArmenian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12741 HawaiiArmenian Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:57:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12741 I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say Congratulations on your difficult road to Recovery. Hopefully, some of our thoughts aided you in your strength through this difficult ordeal. And you know, whatever doesn't kill us, will only give us more ammo to fight those anti-science bastards. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say Congratulations on your difficult road to Recovery. Hopefully, some of our thoughts aided you in your strength through this difficult ordeal. And you know, whatever doesn’t kill us, will only give us more ammo to fight those anti-science bastards.

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12740 Blake Stacey Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:37:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12740 Yay! Noises of joy! By the bye, does anyone have thoughts on the <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/14/pentagon_eyeing_weapons_in_space/?page=1" rel="nofollow">Pentagon considering space-based weapons</a>? Yay! Noises of joy!

By the bye, does anyone have thoughts on the Pentagon considering space-based weapons?

]]> By: vbloke http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12739 vbloke Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:42:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12739 Splendid. I can't wait for TAM5 and the chance to meet the grumpy old bear again. He's one of the funniest (present company excepted) people I've met. Splendid. I can’t wait for TAM5 and the chance to meet the grumpy old bear again. He’s one of the funniest (present company excepted) people I’ve met.

]]> By: Christian Burnham http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12738 Christian Burnham Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:35:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12738 It's lovely to hear his voice. He's a great communicator- which is partly why he's so valued. It’s lovely to hear his voice. He’s a great communicator- which is partly why he’s so valued.

]]> By: Thomas Siefert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/comment-page-1/#comment-12737 Thomas Siefert Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:30:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/14/randi-on-the-mend/#comment-12737 Great, I miss his Friday "blog" and the world of antiscience is not taking a break. Not that his Friday guest "speakers" haven't been any good..... [looking down, shuffling feet]. ;-) Great, I miss his Friday “blog” and the world of antiscience is not taking a break.

Not that his Friday guest “speakers” haven’t been any good….. [looking down, shuffling feet]. ;-)

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