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Phil Plait’s Moon Hoax London Speech - Report « Maurizio - Omnologos — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:06:11 +0000

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The Best Science Blog 2007 Saga (1 of 3) « Maurizio - Omnologos — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:15:56 +0000

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By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:06:32 +0000

Ok I now see the point of contention. (I had skimmed the article earlier) I’d be curoius to hear Ehrlich’s explanation for the discrepency.

By: Maurizio Morabito

Maurizio Morabito — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:29:06 +0000

Troy: Ms. Ehrlich writes in NatGeo: “[â€¦] March 21, the vernal equinox and our fourth day on the sea ice [â€¦]”

It’s their fourth day, so the article deals with the period around March 18-21. There is no indication she had been staying there for a further 3 weeks, until April 12 when the sun behaved as she described

Also, if I am not mistaken the “fading sun [...] a red orb hanging at the horizon” is mentioned _before_ the March 21 text above

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:10:35 +0000

I read the original article it says “Despite bitter cold in late March, the ice pans have shattered, making travel dangerous”. This doesn’t necesssarily mean that the author was visiting in late March. For example I could be talking about how spring flooding affects my garden and it could be the middle of summer–effects often ripple well beyond the actual time they occur.

By: Aerik

Aerik — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:59:53 +0000

No organization can be “fully trusted,” foolish knaves!

By: Maurizio Morabito

Maurizio Morabito — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:26:44 +0000

BTW…the particular mistake by the NatGeo writer is not the worry

The worry is that I could spot there was something strange about it, and verify (deny) the claim

How many other details does the reader have to take for granted since he/she does not have the tools to check them?

It is a sad day when even National Geographic cannot be fully trusted. If they have even an unspoken policy of “augmenting” (ie embellishing) reality, they become just another news source

I strongly believe that the world is no less beautiful if we describe it the way it is