Comments on: Comic Con: My panel on science and scifi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/ 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. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:08:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: FoxTrot on Comic Con | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-201007 FoxTrot on Comic Con | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:00:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-201007 [...] with his point; last year carrying around my laptop everywhere destroyed my shoulder and back. But it was worth it. Oh [...] [...] with his point; last year carrying around my laptop everywhere destroyed my shoulder and back. But it was worth it. Oh [...]

]]> By: Moderating the Mythbusters Comic Con panel? CONFIRMED. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-194875 Moderating the Mythbusters Comic Con panel? CONFIRMED. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:09:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-194875 [...] (I have several blog posts about it; start here and click through to the next ones, in particular this one with a video of our panel). They’re sending me again this year (and I’ll have more about that a little later), [...] [...] (I have several blog posts about it; start here and click through to the next ones, in particular this one with a video of our panel). They’re sending me again this year (and I’ll have more about that a little later), [...]

]]> By: A Promise Is A Promise… | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-172735 A Promise Is A Promise… | The Loom | Discover Magazine Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:16:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-172735 [...] explains, “Last summer at Comic Con, Phil Plait and I were marveling at the success of the online science tattoo gallery that Carl [...] [...] explains, “Last summer at Comic Con, Phil Plait and I were marveling at the success of the online science tattoo gallery that Carl [...]

]]> By: Tales of Dragon Con: Astronomycast Live! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-116808 Tales of Dragon Con: Astronomycast Live! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-116808 [...] of us did a few panels together. One was the Science of Science Fiction, a repeat (more or less) of what we did at Comic Con, as well as another on the Science of British SciFi, where we both ragged on and showed our love [...] [...] of us did a few panels together. One was the Science of Science Fiction, a repeat (more or less) of what we did at Comic Con, as well as another on the Science of British SciFi, where we both ragged on and showed our love [...]

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-107569 Gary Ansorge Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:11:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-107569 Eureka! Just another word for "WoW! That's SOOO cool." eureka takes KNOWN science and extrapolates to the Nth degree. It's not the SciFi that's so much fun. It's the characters interaction. Jeremy: As far as the Science types , "scientists have no sense, minimal morals, and will inevitably destroy us all if some non-academic, non-intellectual everyman doesn’t save us from them.”, this isn't the message, if there is one at all. I do know a few,,,shall we say, distracted, science oriented folk. This comes from being obsessed about what you do. As ANY really successful person can tell you, obsession is the key to success. Do it 'til you fall over,,, The everyman is just comic relief, though the sheriff seems gifted in his ability to determine casual relationships, so maby he's not so everyman as he appears. Note: The wisdom of the masses ,,,works,,, GAry 7 Eureka! Just another word for “WoW! That’s SOOO cool.”
eureka takes KNOWN science and extrapolates to the Nth degree. It’s not the SciFi that’s so much fun. It’s the characters interaction.

Jeremy:
As far as the Science types , “scientists have no sense, minimal morals, and will inevitably destroy us all if some non-academic, non-intellectual everyman doesn’t save us from them.”, this isn’t the message, if there is one at all. I do know a few,,,shall we say, distracted, science oriented folk. This comes from being obsessed about what you do. As ANY really successful person can tell you, obsession is the key to success. Do it ’til you fall over,,,

The everyman is just comic relief, though the sheriff seems gifted in his ability to determine casual relationships, so maby he’s not so everyman as he appears.

Note: The wisdom of the masses ,,,works,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: PG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-107516 PG Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:47:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-107516 If you use a simple add-on with Firefox like NoScript or FlashBlock, all such autoplay thingies will not occur unless you click on them. I personally have no problem clicking "pause" when I start hearing sound from a page! <blink>Remember the good-old-days when blinking text was everyone's biggest beef about people's HTML?</blink> If you use a simple add-on with Firefox like NoScript or FlashBlock, all such autoplay thingies will not occur unless you click on them. I personally have no problem clicking “pause” when I start hearing sound from a page! Remember the good-old-days when blinking text was everyone’s biggest beef about people’s HTML?

]]> By: Wildride http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-107437 Wildride Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:02:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/30/comic-con-my-panel-on-science-and-scifi/#comment-107437 BTW: A better word for the "reversing the decyon field" thing would be technobabble (or treknobabble for that one show). It's usually a string of technical terms used as a hand wave to resolve a situation. A MacGuffin is a thing in a story that seems important initially, the search for which is often the focus of the early acts of the story, but ultimately turns out to be unimportant. Sometimes the term is used to just describe anything that is sought after. So, the want of the MacGuffin sets the hero onto the path of the story, but it doesn't really matter what happens to the MacGuffin from there. BTW: A better word for the “reversing the decyon field” thing would be technobabble (or treknobabble for that one show). It’s usually a string of technical terms used as a hand wave to resolve a situation.

A MacGuffin is a thing in a story that seems important initially, the search for which is often the focus of the early acts of the story, but ultimately turns out to be unimportant. Sometimes the term is used to just describe anything that is sought after. So, the want of the MacGuffin sets the hero onto the path of the story, but it doesn’t really matter what happens to the MacGuffin from there.

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