Comments on: The Naeye kid in town http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/ 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. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:58:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mungascr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19634 Mungascr Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:38:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19634 Uh, BA what's wrong with 'Astronomy' magazine? Uh, BA what’s wrong with ‘Astronomy’ magazine?

]]> By: Max Fagin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19636 Max Fagin Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:16:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19636 anyway, my question is mute now. The JREF decided to take him on. anyway, my question is mute now. The JREF decided to take him on.

]]> By: Max Fagin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19635 Max Fagin Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:13:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19635 Right Gary, I know that. But arguments are more persuasive when there are sources behind them. I know that this man is wrong, but that in and of itself isn't going to convince anyone. Right Gary, I know that. But arguments are more persuasive when there are sources behind them. I know that this man is wrong, but that in and of itself isn’t going to convince anyone.

]]> By: Wisdom Man http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19637 Wisdom Man Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:07:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19637 This is the biggest error in modern history. No one can change the system that has been in existence for 1000's of years and created with "Devine Design". Whomever these people are they cannot change the way it is. There is a reason why the system is the way that it is. They may want to change it but it cannot be done as long as Pluto exists. These individuals have no concept of "Devine Design" and the meanings behind our very existence. It is not possible to remove something that will undo the "Devine Design" of all things in existence. If this is going to be taught to our children we will be making the biggest mistake in education history. Only the creator has the ultimate power to change our known natural existence not man and his conclusions This is the biggest error in modern history. No one can change the system that has been in existence for 1000’s of years and created with “Devine Design”. Whomever these people are they cannot change the way it is. There is a reason why the system is the way that it is. They may want to change it but it cannot be done as long as Pluto exists. These individuals have no concept of “Devine Design” and the meanings behind our very existence. It is not possible to remove something that will undo the “Devine Design” of all things in existence. If this is going to be taught to our children we will be making the biggest mistake in education history. Only the creator has the ultimate power to change our known natural existence not man and his conclusions

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19638 Gary Ansorge Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:31:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19638 MAX: As far as the "free" energy scenario goes, one must always remember TANSTAFFL,,, IE, There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. or, more simply, "Ya Can't get more peanut butter out of the jar than you put in it in the first place." I think most people realize this is true on a gut level. It's one of the few times gut feeling is right. Gary 7 MAX:
As far as the “free” energy scenario goes, one must always remember TANSTAFFL,,,
IE,
There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
or, more simply,
“Ya Can’t get more peanut butter out of the jar than you put in it in the first place.”

I think most people realize this is true on a gut level. It’s one of the few times gut feeling is right.

Gary 7

]]> By: csrster http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19639 csrster Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:08:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19639 It occurs to me ... Jupiter, to take a random example, is certainly not in hydrostatic equilibrium - an observation which can be made with a small backyard telescope. It occurs to me …

Jupiter, to take a random example, is certainly not in hydrostatic equilibrium – an
observation which can be made with a small backyard telescope.

]]> By: csrster http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/comment-page-1/#comment-19640 csrster Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/23/the-naeye-kid-in-town/#comment-19640 Ask an astronomer (courtesy of wikiquote): "The law that entropy always increases - the Second Law of Thermodynamics - holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of physics. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations - then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation - well, these experimentalists do bungle things from time to time. But if your theory is found to be against the Second Law of Thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation." — Sir Arthur Eddington Ask an astronomer (courtesy of wikiquote):

“The law that entropy always increases – the Second Law of Thermodynamics – holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of physics. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell’s equations – then so much the worse for Maxwell’s equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation – well, these experimentalists do bungle things from time to time. But if your theory is found to be against the Second Law of Thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.” — Sir Arthur Eddington

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