http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/ 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, 05 Jul 2009 00:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-191816 Warp Drive is Possible but Could Create a Black Hole - SLUniverse Forums Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:45:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-191816 [...] But what does Wil Wheaton think of it? In which I bow to Wil Wheaton […] But what does Wil Wheaton think of it? In which I bow to Wil Wheaton

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-190019 iNconceivable | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:53:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-190019 [...] may still be burning a bit from having been pwned by him over warp drive tech. So I one-upped things: Inconceivable! Oh, wait. It was iOcaine powder, [...] […] may still be burning a bit from having been pwned by him over warp drive tech. So I one-upped things: Inconceivable! Oh, wait. It was iOcaine powder, […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-146604 What would I do with $20,000,000,000? | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:11:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-146604 [...] You took me down once, Wil, but this attempt at a second smackdown SHALL NOT STAND. Flying a starship does not give you the necessary background to run the agency, nor should you accept. How many times did Picard turn down a post at Starfleet Command? And look what happened to Kirk when he took a post there: he gained twenty kilos and lost his hair. [...] […] You took me down once, Wil, but this attempt at a second smackdown SHALL NOT STAND. Flying a starship does not give you the necessary background to run the agency, nor should you accept. How many times did Picard turn down a post at Starfleet Command? And look what happened to Kirk when he took a post there: he gained twenty kilos and lost his hair. […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-133793 That sense of… Enterprise | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:45:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-133793 [...] I’ll add that the biggest difference is in the warp nacelles… but then, we knew something was up with them. [...] […] I’ll add that the biggest difference is in the warp nacelles… but then, we knew something was up with them. […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-66516 Zen Galacticore Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:56:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-66516 Even Heisenberg didn't understand quantum physics. He knew perfectly well that if even one electron in a biological organism re-materialized in the wrong position after having been transported on a sub-atomic level from one place to another, the result would be a recently dead glob of flesh. Hence the famous 'compensators', which no one in that horrible "TNG" ever bothered to critically talk about, and all of whom acknowledged that they didn't understand it. Even Heisenberg didn’t understand quantum physics. He knew perfectly well that if even one electron in a biological organism re-materialized in the wrong position after having been transported on a sub-atomic level from one place to another, the result would be a recently dead glob of flesh.
Hence the famous ‘compensators’, which no one in that horrible “TNG” ever bothered to critically talk about, and all of whom acknowledged that they didn’t understand it.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-66515 ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » New Facebook Trophy Friend: Phil Plait Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:02:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-66515 [...] importantly of all, Plait got pwned by Wil Wheaton at Star Trek fandom. Anyone who would dare even face Wil Wheaton in a battle of trecknobabble has [...] […] importantly of all, Plait got pwned by Wil Wheaton at Star Trek fandom. Anyone who would dare even face Wil Wheaton in a battle of trecknobabble has […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-66514 Dan Ratliff Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:29:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-66514 Whats the matter with Pyracantha? Why is an ad promoting truth instead of fairy tales obnoxious? Whats the matter with Pyracantha? Why is an ad promoting truth instead of fairy tales obnoxious?

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