Comments on: Captain Disillusion http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/ 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. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Valhar2000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-159583 Valhar2000 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:22:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-159583 Frank wrote: <blockquote>[...]“skeptic”[...]“In the end, reason always wins”[...]</blockquote> And those two scare-quoted phrases are incompatible because...? Frank wrote:

[...]“skeptic”[...]“In the end, reason always wins”[...]

And those two scare-quoted phrases are incompatible because…?

]]> By: Marasgal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-157773 Marasgal Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:32:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-157773 If you want to see the place where he publishes his videos then here is where to find them at. http://www.openfilm.com/ pretty cool place. lots of up and coming video producers there. If you want to see the place where he publishes his videos then here is where to find them at.

http://www.openfilm.com/

pretty cool place. lots of up and coming video producers there.

]]> By: Frank http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-153768 Frank Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:29:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-153768 There's a place for people like yourself and Capt. D on TV. The pitch would certainly be a show outside the Mythbusters brief, and a group of skeptics would mean much more variety, and an easier workload. I think you all do great work, and are much needed voices of reason in a world full of invented answers. There’s a place for people like yourself and Capt. D on TV. The pitch would certainly be a show outside the Mythbusters brief, and a group of skeptics would mean much more variety, and an easier workload. I think you all do great work, and are much needed voices of reason in a world full of invented answers.

]]> By: rbp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-126484 rbp Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:35:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-126484 Ahn... how can a "skeptic" say "In the end, reason always wins"? Isn't that a belief, by nature? Ahn… how can a “skeptic” say “In the end, reason always wins”? Isn’t that a belief, by nature?

]]> By: Alex http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-126058 Alex Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:16:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-126058 Great series. I truly love his humorous approach to all the fakes. His Penn and Teller are hilarious! Great series. I truly love his humorous approach to all the fakes. His Penn and Teller are hilarious!

]]> By: Walabio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-125399 Walabio Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:21:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-125399 Everyone write to Galileo: http://prosieben.de/service/kontakt/tv/kontakt_tv168.php?param1=&param2=Galileo Everyone write to Galileo:

http://prosieben.de/service/kontakt/tv/kontakt_tv168.php?param1=&param2=Galileo

]]> By: Andrew http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/comment-page-1/#comment-125171 Andrew Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:30:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/10/captain-disillusion/#comment-125171 Hm. It does look like he's playing both Penn and Teller. Hm. It does look like he’s playing both Penn and Teller.

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