Comments on: Sexy geeks

By: Nygard

Nygard — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:37:02 +0000

Sorry, Phil. I have to vote for Lada. She was a classmate of mine. She was a freshman at Caltech when I was a senior. (Well, super-senior, actually.)

By: Chas

Chas — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:00:37 +0000

RE “Astronomy is the sexiest of all sciences” —-

I have a T-shirt that states:

“Date an Astronomer! Who else can promise you the Sun, Moon and stars . . . AND DELIVER!

By: Melusine

Melusine — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:28:51 +0000

Given the comments, it certainly does seem the poll is heavily skewed toward male tastes, but Mike Brown is definitely the sexiest geek – I mean what’s sexier than finding the largest dwarf planet known so far? He’s got the whole cosmic thing going…that kind of knowledge is definitely sexy. (Almost as sexy as supernovae.)

Anyway, Mike Brown isn’t on the bottom of the poll anymore.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:37:33 +0000

Hey, Reitstoen, I have several clips online at YouTube as well: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBadAstronomer

By: Reitstoen

Reitstoen — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:55:46 +0000

Remeber to vote for Bad Astronomy Blog!
I’ve put a banner on my page, just to do my part
http://www.reitstoen.com/plait.php + page with Dawkins, Shermer, Randi…
Hope it helps, even if i don’t have too many visitors.

By: Harold

Harold — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:07:12 +0000

Excellent. Thank you.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:54:50 +0000

Rob, nuts. I fixed it, thanks.

Harold, I wrote an article for Skeptical Inquirer on this topic that was published recently.