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	<title>Comments on: Floridians: dedoomify yourselves</title>
	<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/</link>
	<description>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.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Greg</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69405</link>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I live in the Daytona Beach, Florida, and I find it quite ironic and sad that the state that hosts the most important scientific endeavor and institution in mankind's history, a.k.a. NASA.

I think Florida, however, is no different really than most of the United States.  A cross-section, there's people who have an interest here in this area in engineering (due to race sports), aeronautics (due to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), and the space agencies in Brevard County.  Then there's the majority of the population that has at best a superficial knowledge of science and its discoveries.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live in the Daytona Beach, Florida, and I find it quite ironic and sad that the state that hosts the most important scientific endeavor and institution in mankind&#8217;s history, a.k.a. NASA.</p>
<p>I think Florida, however, is no different really than most of the United States.  A cross-section, there&#8217;s people who have an interest here in this area in engineering (due to race sports), aeronautics (due to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), and the space agencies in Brevard County.  Then there&#8217;s the majority of the population that has at best a superficial knowledge of science and its discoveries.</p>
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		<title>By: Quiet Desperation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69404</link>
		<dc:creator>Quiet Desperation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69404</guid>
		<description>&lt;i&gt;I don’t agree with a lot of what you say&lt;/i&gt;

Fret not. Some day you may be as enlightened and as free from both religious and political ideologies as I, my child. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I don’t agree with a lot of what you say</i></p>
<p>Fret not. Some day you may be as enlightened and as free from both religious and political ideologies as I, my child. <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>By: CafeenMan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69403</link>
		<dc:creator>CafeenMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69403</guid>
		<description>I live in Florida and I'm pretty for sure we're not undoomed.  The ocean doesn't have to rise too much before the southeast U.S. border will be what's left of Georgia and Alabama.

On the plus side, it will be nice to see all those beach condos that ruin the view under water.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live in Florida and I&#8217;m pretty for sure we&#8217;re not undoomed.  The ocean doesn&#8217;t have to rise too much before the southeast U.S. border will be what&#8217;s left of Georgia and Alabama.</p>
<p>On the plus side, it will be nice to see all those beach condos that ruin the view under water.</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69402</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69402</guid>
		<description>@ billsmithaz,

Yeah, and it gets worse, if you read down to their "age of the Universe" arguments, their explanations for the various lines of evidence are laughable, and many of them are mutually exclusive (ie cannot both be true). Creation "science" is admittedly weak in astronomy, which is one reason I concentrate on it in my discussions.

I know there's other Texans that read here, I urge all of you to spread the word on this and contact the THECB. We cannot allow that school to be accredited.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ billsmithaz,</p>
<p>Yeah, and it gets worse, if you read down to their &#8220;age of the Universe&#8221; arguments, their explanations for the various lines of evidence are laughable, and many of them are mutually exclusive (ie cannot both be true). Creation &#8220;science&#8221; is admittedly weak in astronomy, which is one reason I concentrate on it in my discussions.</p>
<p>I know there&#8217;s other Texans that read here, I urge all of you to spread the word on this and contact the THECB. We cannot allow that school to be accredited.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69401</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69401</guid>
		<description>"Given that that’s an exhaustive partition, I’m guessing you wouldn’t self-identify as a humanist."

I should have been more precise in my stereotyping and bucketizing of the two factions I find to be laughable in their zealotry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Given that that’s an exhaustive partition, I’m guessing you wouldn’t self-identify as a humanist.&#8221;</p>
<p>I should have been more precise in my stereotyping and bucketizing of the two factions I find to be laughable in their zealotry.</p>
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		<title>By: Evolving Squid</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69400</link>
		<dc:creator>Evolving Squid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69400</guid>
		<description>&lt;i&gt;If you are in Florida, and you like reality&lt;/i&gt;

You could probably fit all those folks in a very small room.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>If you are in Florida, and you like reality</i></p>
<p>You could probably fit all those folks in a very small room.</p>
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		<title>By: MartinM</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69399</link>
		<dc:creator>MartinM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/08/floridians-dedoomify-yourselves/#comment-69399</guid>
		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Atheists/theists: two sides of the same coin of douchebaggery.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Given that that's an exhaustive partition, I'm guessing you wouldn't self-identify as a humanist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Atheists/theists: two sides of the same coin of douchebaggery.</p></blockquote>
<p>Given that that&#8217;s an exhaustive partition, I&#8217;m guessing you wouldn&#8217;t self-identify as a humanist.</p>
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