Comments on: Aliens build a galaxy! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/ 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. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sean d http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72793 sean d Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:41:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72793 noooo I did it with my quantotempral transporter noooo I did it with my quantotempral transporter

]]> By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72831 Buzz Parsec Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:59:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72831 Slartibartfast. Yes, really. Slartibartfast. Yes, really.

]]> By: themadlolscientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72830 themadlolscientist Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:25:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72830 A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away........ @ Dan: What was the name of the guy who wanted to put fjords on Africa? A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away……..

@ Dan: What was the name of the guy who wanted to put fjords on Africa?

]]> By: Eric http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72829 Eric Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:37:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72829 Ok, I am going to say that India Daily just has their own little World Weekly News section, and this article must have come from it. I mean the writing isn't quite as good as the articles about BatBoy, but it is a start. Ok, I am going to say that India Daily just has their own little World Weekly News section, and this article must have come from it. I mean the writing isn’t quite as good as the articles about BatBoy, but it is a start.

]]> By: GSC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72828 GSC Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:42:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72828 Hi people I read this daily but this is my first post at BAB so forgive me if i am doing anything wrong. I think the people that wrote the article might be referring to ideas and theories that are studied by Michio Kaku, is it ok to post a link? if so: http://www.mkaku.org/ I have read his book called "Parallel Worlds" and in the end of the book he writes about the type I to V civilizations and what they could do in terms of energy use, a type iV could use the energy of a galaxy and create "big bangs" and so on....nice read but take this read with a bit of opened mind : ) Mr. bad astronomer i am sure would LOVE his ideas about science and god....but if you skip this "details" the book is pretty good read. Best regards from Lisbon G. Hi people

I read this daily but this is my first post at BAB so forgive me if i am doing anything wrong.
I think the people that wrote the article might be referring to ideas and theories that are studied by Michio Kaku, is it ok to post a link?
if so: http://www.mkaku.org/
I have read his book called “Parallel Worlds” and in the end of the book he writes about the type I to V civilizations and what they could do in terms of energy use, a type iV could use the energy of a galaxy and create “big bangs” and so on….nice read but take this read with a bit of opened mind : )
Mr. bad astronomer i am sure would LOVE his ideas about science and god….but if you skip this “details” the book is pretty good read.
Best regards from Lisbon
G.

]]> By: Chip http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72827 Chip Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:04:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72827 My informal newspaper survey: Most intelligent writing in USA - New York Times - especially the arts section. (Rush Limbaugh listeners and others lacking in critical thinking tend to hate it and can't get past the editorial pages.) :D Dullest in USA - Wall Street Journal. Most informative on Middle East news (according to Seymour Hersh) - Haaretz Among the best online - Salon.com Possibly least amount of mistakes in science news for a non-scientific journal - Los Angeles Times and New York Times. My informal newspaper survey:

Most intelligent writing in USA – New York Times – especially the arts section. (Rush Limbaugh listeners and others lacking in critical thinking tend to hate it and can’t get past the editorial pages.) :D

Dullest in USA – Wall Street Journal.

Most informative on Middle East news (according to Seymour Hersh) – Haaretz

Among the best online – Salon.com

Possibly least amount of mistakes in science news for a non-scientific journal – Los Angeles Times and New York Times.

]]> By: Regner Trampedach http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72826 Regner Trampedach Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:00:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72826 Great fun, Phil! It seems, though, that everybody here misinterpreted the sentence "According to scientists this was the start of ‘dark ages’..." - which was most surely the intention of the "Indian Daily"'s "journalists". If you stop where my quote stops, they are very correct. The time just after the Big Bang was dark - lots of neutral gas which is efficient in blocking light. As the first stars came along, they ionized the gas around them and evetually these ionized bubbles merged and the Universe was transparent - just as it is today. That was the end of the dark age. Conclusion: They are not lying about what science has taught us, but there are employing spin, worthy of the White House. Cheers, Regner Trampedach Great fun, Phil!
It seems, though, that everybody here misinterpreted the sentence
“According to scientists this was the start of ‘dark ages’…” – which
was most surely the intention of the “Indian Daily”‘s “journalists”.
If you stop where my quote stops, they are very correct. The time
just after the Big Bang was dark – lots of neutral gas which is efficient
in blocking light. As the first stars came along, they ionized the gas
around them and evetually these ionized bubbles merged and the
Universe was transparent – just as it is today. That was the end of the
dark age.
Conclusion: They are not lying about what science has taught us, but
there are employing spin, worthy of the White House.
Cheers, Regner Trampedach

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72825 Quiet Desperation Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:29:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72825 <i>On anothe note, I was wondering where the writers for the “Weakly Whirled Snooze” had gotten to after their paper went out of busines</i> Some appear to have gone to the New York Times. ;-) Honestly, what happened to that paper? On anothe note, I was wondering where the writers for the “Weakly Whirled Snooze” had gotten to after their paper went out of busines

Some appear to have gone to the New York Times. ;-) Honestly, what happened to that paper?

]]> By: Sergeant Zim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72824 Sergeant Zim Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:53:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72824 On anothe note, I was wondering where the writers for the "Weakly Whirled Snooze" had gotten to after their paper went out of business - - now I know - they went to India. On anothe note, I was wondering where the writers for the “Weakly Whirled Snooze” had gotten to after their paper went out of business – - now I know – they went to India.

]]> By: Sergeant Zim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72823 Sergeant Zim Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:51:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72823 Dr. Asimov said in an interview that "The Last Question" generated more mail (both posiive and negative) than all the rest of his work combined. You can imagine the tone and the sources of the negative mail he got... Heinlien released "Starship Troopers" and "Stranger in a Strange Land" in the same year. He got more negative mail over "ST" and more positive mail over "SiaSL" (mostly from 'hippies', some of whom would show up at his home, demanding to "share water" with him, uninvited) than all other work. Dr. Asimov said in an interview that “The Last Question” generated more mail (both posiive and negative) than all the rest of his work combined.

You can imagine the tone and the sources of the negative mail he got…

Heinlien released “Starship Troopers” and “Stranger in a Strange Land” in the same year. He got more negative mail over “ST” and more positive mail over “SiaSL” (mostly from ‘hippies’, some of whom would show up at his home, demanding to “share water” with him, uninvited) than all other work.

]]> By: trebuchet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72822 trebuchet Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:48:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72822 antaresrichard: "As much as the article is tripe, you can’t deny that Asimov’s short story “The Last Question” is still a good one." It's probably my all time favorite. Pretty old, though. I wonder how many others around here have read it. "And AC said...." antaresrichard: “As much as the article is tripe, you can’t deny that Asimov’s short story “The Last Question” is still a good one.”

It’s probably my all time favorite. Pretty old, though. I wonder how many others around here have read it. “And AC said….”

]]> By: Lugosi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72821 Lugosi Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:39:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72821 And in this other galaxy, alien astronomers are looking in their telescopes and saying, "Hey, there's a galaxy located 13.2 billion light years from us that looks like it was intelligently designed by a Type IV civilization." And in this other galaxy, alien astronomers are looking in their telescopes and saying, “Hey, there’s a galaxy located 13.2 billion light years from us that looks like it was intelligently designed by a Type IV civilization.”

]]> By: antaresrichard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72820 antaresrichard Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:35:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72820 When you've just tweaked yourself a universe, it's time to break out the Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. Forget the lemon slice! Real mice do without it. When you’ve just tweaked yourself a universe, it’s time to break out the Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. Forget the lemon slice! Real mice do without it.

]]> By: Zacfunk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72819 Zacfunk Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:29:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72819 As much as the article is tripe, you can't deny that Asimov's short story "The Last Question" is still a good one. As much as the article is tripe, you can’t deny that Asimov’s short story “The Last Question” is still a good one.

]]> By: LarrySDonald http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72818 LarrySDonald Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:14:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72818 My immediate thought was that "Contact" was ment as fiction. My immediate thought was that “Contact” was ment as fiction.

]]> By: CJArmstrong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72817 CJArmstrong Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72817 Actually it was plasma electric fields that were employed to create... ...oh, right...Davidlpf beat me to it. ;) Actually it was plasma electric fields that were employed to create…

…oh, right…Davidlpf beat me to it. ;)

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72816 Davidlpf Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:30:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72816 (shaking head) amazed the electric universe guys are not here claiming it was plasma electric fields making such an advance galaxy so early. (shaking head)
amazed the electric universe guys are not here claiming it was plasma electric fields making such an advance galaxy so early.

]]> By: EdSG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72815 EdSG Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:41:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72815 At least I hope they *DO* have flying cars; here we've been tricked by scientist :-( At least I hope they *DO* have flying cars; here we’ve been tricked by scientist :-(

]]> By: RobertW http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72814 RobertW Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:40:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72814 Interesting! This guy is gets around. Each of our authors got a photocopied letter from him after our Nature paper on GRB041219a. We had some real laughs over it when we got it. And heads up Phil! His return address is near us in Denver!!!! Interesting! This guy is gets around.

Each of our authors got a photocopied letter from him after our Nature paper on GRB041219a. We had some real laughs over it when we got it.

And heads up Phil! His return address is near us in Denver!!!!

]]> By: Jeffersonian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72813 Jeffersonian Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:37:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72813 oops, here are URLS again: www.safer-networking.org www.opera.com www.mozilla.com/firefox oops,
here are URLS again:
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.opera.com
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox

]]> By: ioresult http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72812 ioresult Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:37:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72812 Why belittle such an amazing discovery with petty squabbles over an obvious prank? Why belittle such an amazing discovery with petty squabbles over an obvious prank?

]]> By: Jeffersonian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72811 Jeffersonian Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:35:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72811 @L Yeomans- Not sure everyone's experiencing this problem; makes me think the problems is on your end either at your server or on your client. Issues to check: -first and foremost, go get Firefox or Opera; likely problem solved -problem at your server -problem at your firewall -compatability problem with your OS/hardware -script virus! Download <a href="www.safer-networking.org" rel="nofollow">spybot</a> or equivalent Maybe not, but possible! @L Yeomans-
Not sure everyone’s experiencing this problem; makes me think the problems is on your end either at your server or on your client.
Issues to check:
-first and foremost, go get Firefox or Opera; likely problem solved
-problem at your server
-problem at your firewall
-compatability problem with your OS/hardware
-script virus! Download spybot or equivalent
Maybe not, but possible!

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72810 Michael Lonergan Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:04:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72810 Home! That's my home! I always wondered where I was from, now I know. Home! That’s my home! I always wondered where I was from, now I know.

]]> By: H mapes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72801 H mapes Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:55:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72801 Hmmm...maybe we can get some Scientologists to CLEAR this up. Hmmm…maybe we can get some Scientologists to CLEAR this up.

]]> By: Jason Adams http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-72809 Jason Adams Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:47:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/26/aliens-build-a-galaxy/#comment-72809 Why can't the gravitational lens be of alien construction instead? And instead of pointing to a real galaxy, it's pointing to a big TV set. <i>Galaxy of Our Lives</i> has been running for 13.2 billion seasons and counting and is watched in over 6,000 galactic clusters. Why can’t the gravitational lens be of alien construction instead? And instead of pointing to a real galaxy, it’s pointing to a big TV set. Galaxy of Our Lives has been running for 13.2 billion seasons and counting and is watched in over 6,000 galactic clusters.

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