Comments on: That’s one small museum for man… http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/ 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. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:49:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34267 Irishman Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:19:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34267 By the way, shouldn't that be <i>One small museum for <b>a</b> man</i>? By the way, shouldn’t that be One small museum for a man?

]]> By: james http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34266 james Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:27:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34266 They bankrolled the winners in both world wars and got paid back with interest. Then the space programme created a huge national interest in science and engineering, resulting in an entire generation of of kids becoming engineers, and the US leading the world in technology. BTW the hoax belivers are only about 6% of the population, but they can really shout loud, creating the illiusion of a controversy. Most Americans think that the balance of the evidence is in favor of the US going to the moon. Much more dangerous are people like the Discovery Institute, because evolution is so poorly understood by many (I know about it cause I liked dinosaurs, not because I was taught at school (but I didn't do biology)) and religion is taught so well. Fight the little lies... ...they warm you up for the big ones. They bankrolled the winners in both world wars and got paid back with interest. Then the space programme created a huge national interest in science and engineering, resulting in an entire generation of of kids becoming engineers, and the US leading the world in technology.

BTW the hoax belivers are only about 6% of the population, but they can really shout loud, creating the illiusion of a controversy.
Most Americans think that the balance of the evidence is in favor of the US going to the moon.

Much more dangerous are people like the Discovery Institute, because evolution is so poorly understood by many (I know about it cause I liked dinosaurs, not because I was taught at school (but I didn’t do biology)) and religion is taught so well.

Fight the little lies…

…they warm you up for the big ones.

]]> By: DenverAstro http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34265 DenverAstro Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:20:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34265 It never ceases to amaze me how utterly ignorant the average American is cable of being. Could someone please tell me how we became the richest and most powerful nation on this planet? If you dont believe that the average joe is completely daft, just watch the 'Man on the Street' segments Jay Leno does. I want to shoot those people to put them out of their misery. It never ceases to amaze me how utterly ignorant the average American is cable of being. Could someone please tell me how we became the richest and most powerful nation on this planet? If you dont believe that the average joe is completely daft, just watch the ‘Man on the Street’ segments Jay Leno does. I want to shoot those people to put them out of their misery.

]]> By: Don Wiseman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34264 Don Wiseman Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:41:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34264 Got a new home email address - too much spam. hwiseman@sbcglobal.net Got a new home email address - too much spam. hwiseman@sbcglobal.net

]]> By: Mike Torr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34263 Mike Torr Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:07:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34263 This is pretty cool! My first reaction was "how sad that this is even necessary - the museum space could have been put to better use if people would only stop believing this nonsense". However, I thought twice. In fact, it's a very good way of teaching critical thinking, and the "controversy" may serve to bring more people in. This is pretty cool! My first reaction was “how sad that this is even necessary - the museum space could have been put to better use if people would only stop believing this nonsense”. However, I thought twice. In fact, it’s a very good way of teaching critical thinking, and the “controversy” may serve to bring more people in.

]]> By: Jim Atkins http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34262 Jim Atkins Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:41:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34262 Very nice museum, worth a trip even before they decided to fight the good fight! Very nice museum, worth a trip even before they decided to fight the good fight!

]]> By: james http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34261 james Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:16:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/09/thats-one-small-museum-for-man/#comment-34261 >>It turns out being a lot easier to just go there. yup, always been my rationale, ever since I heard of hoax theory. Of course, being a space buff, I knew how easy it was. >>It turns out being a lot easier to just go there.

yup, always been my rationale, ever since I heard of hoax theory. Of course, being a space buff, I knew how easy it was.

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