Comments on: Galapagosiana http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/ 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, 24 Nov 2009 08:22:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Don Snow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112526 Don Snow Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112526 Glad you're having a good time. I'll also be glad, when you return. smile Glad you’re having a good time. I’ll also be glad, when you return. smile

]]> By: Dan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112484 Dan Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:21:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112484 You are making me jealous. Can we trade places? You are making me jealous. Can we trade places?

]]> By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112441 Buzz Parsec Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:46:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112441 Phil, shame on you for referring to penguins as "cuties." What does their physical attractiveness have to do with their worth as individuals? This is extremely classist. There is nothing remarkable in the fact that non-mammals might be "cute" and you shouldn't be commenting on it incessantly. P.S., since this is the internet, Poe's law and all that, it might not be obvious that I'm parodying some of the comments on the next thread. Or maybe it's just too lame. ... Oh, no! "Lame" is a derogatory reference to <strike>people</strike> organisms that are differently abled. Phil, shame on you for referring to penguins as “cuties.” What does their physical attractiveness have to do with their worth as individuals? This is extremely classist. There is nothing remarkable in the fact that non-mammals might be “cute” and you shouldn’t be commenting on it incessantly.

P.S., since this is the internet, Poe’s law and all that, it might not be obvious that I’m parodying some of the comments on the next thread. Or maybe it’s just too lame. … Oh, no! “Lame” is a derogatory reference to people organisms that are differently abled.

]]> By: Zephryous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112396 Zephryous Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:12:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112396 I think this article will be a bit tintillating: http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/lets-get-rid-of-darwinism/index.html It's true all the same, there's no such thing as "Darwinism", only the facts of evolution and what science can do to make us understand those facts. I think this article will be a bit tintillating:

http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/lets-get-rid-of-darwinism/index.html

It’s true all the same, there’s no such thing as “Darwinism”, only the facts of evolution and what science can do to make us understand those facts.

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112316 Quiet Desperation Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:28:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112316 <i>I’m fairly certain that petting the penguins is NOT allowed, the Galapagos being a fragile ecological site</i> Aw. :-( Well, maybe the Antarctic trip, then. Here's some videos from Lindblad outings. http://www.expeditions.com/Theater17.asp?Destination=283&Theme=0 They get pretty close. If a curious penguin were to wander over to me, hey, nothing I can do about that. :-) I’m fairly certain that petting the penguins is NOT allowed, the Galapagos being a fragile ecological site

Aw. :-(

Well, maybe the Antarctic trip, then.

Here’s some videos from Lindblad outings.

http://www.expeditions.com/Theater17.asp?Destination=283&Theme=0

They get pretty close. If a curious penguin were to wander over to me, hey, nothing I can do about that. :-)

]]> By: Jose http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112293 Jose Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:16:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112293 @Todd W. What are you thinking? Don’t mention his name. He can sense it. In no time he’ll be here claiming the Galapagos tortoises are from outer space, and he’ll have links to Gamera movies to prove it. @Todd W.
What are you thinking? Don’t mention his name. He can sense it. In no time he’ll be here claiming the Galapagos tortoises are from outer space, and he’ll have links to Gamera movies to prove it.

]]> By: Todd W. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/comment-page-1/#comment-112267 Todd W. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:17:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/14/galapagosiana/#comment-112267 @Jose <i>"Sorry, I think I may be spending too much time on the UFO thread. My brain has partially shut down."</i> I feel your pain, man. On the plus side, Michael Horn seems to have left that thread. @Jose

“Sorry, I think I may be spending too much time on the UFO thread. My brain has partially shut down.”

I feel your pain, man. On the plus side, Michael Horn seems to have left that thread.

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