Comments on: The LHC on Are We Alone

By: Not Sure

Not Sure — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:09:03 +0000

riki – If they don’t find the God particle, but unintentionally find the L. Ron Hubbard particle, the money should start pouring in.

By: riki

riki — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:28:16 +0000

The Pearl Harbor/Vietnam War comment was hilarious. You couldn’t make that stuff up if you tried.

With regards to LHC I think the biggest concern, might be, if they don’t find evidence the God Particle or Super Symmetry and the possible funding implications that might have for the ILC.

By: Rev. BigDumbCHimp

Rev. BigDumbCHimp — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:21:01 +0000

We know we are not alone.

Scientologists are not a figment of our imagination nor is it possible that they are humans.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:51:32 +0000

@IRONMANAustralia:

D’oh! Of course, it all becomes so obvious now!

Global warming -> expanding earth -> Van Allen belt needs to be widened -> punching new holes.

Easy.

OK, nobody seriously believed that, right? … right?!

By: IRONMANAustralia

IRONMANAustralia — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:09:52 +0000

A ha! I knew it. The LHC has something to do with extraterrestrials – otherwise why would the SETI people be interested in it?

Obviously Niribu-boy was right all along, and that thing is going to punch a hole in the Van Allen belt.

I’m onto you Phil, I saw those supposed “access shafts” at the LHC in your video. They are obviously shafts to direct the massive particle beams.

And where are they pointing? Directly up.

And what’s directly up from that location? The Van Allen belt.

Ha! Got you! Get out of that one you NASA stooge!

By: Kol

Kol — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:07:07 +0000

I heard the segment from start to finish.

At several points, I found myself catching my breath in realization.

This is one reason I subscribe to this blog.

By: shane

shane — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:56:51 +0000

Come to mention it Phil, you and Seth do seem to have very similar sense of humours. Seth has been responsible for some serious groaners in the past.

Part of the appeal of AWA and BoV is the lightness of touch. There are some quite well known and respected skeptics out there that sometimes come across a little… earnest and serious.

So thanks Phil, I hope you and Seth can keep it up for years yet. Yes, even the bad puns.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:40:30 +0000

Heh, Shane. I like doing BoV with Seth. We’ve known each other a long time (we met at a CSICOP meeting what? Seven years ago? Something like that), and we get each others’ humor. So it’s easy to work with him, and we’ve done it enough that we pick up on each others’ cues easily too.

Actually, I hadn’t thought of that before. I do a few podcast and radio interviews, and the cadence can be difficult because the host doesn’t know your cues: when you’re done talking, when you’re making a good point, when to move on to a different topic. After a while you pick up on how people do it. Seth is really quite good at that!

By: Nasikabatrachus

Nasikabatrachus — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:33:06 +0000

HA!

Too late, Plait, I already heard it and you were great!

Take that, Bad Astronomer.

By: shane

shane — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:20:03 +0000

Love Are We Alone. Been listening for a couple of years but I downloaded all the back episodes so I was a couple of years worth of shows behind. Been listening to 3 or 4 episodes a week to catch (up to mid 2007 now). Was tickled pink when the BA turned up on Brains on Vacation, and for some time now I wondered if you’d got to famous to keep doing the show. Thankfully after this post it shows that you’re still doing it. Yay!