Comments on: Your chance to probe David Grinspoon! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/ 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. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: tim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-129168 tim Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:57:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-129168 I was lucky enough to take David's class on Extraterrestrial Life while he was teaching at CU-Boulder. He is an awesome (or should I say "funky"?) dude. Last I talked to him, he was trying to decide whether to write a children's science book or a book about extraterrestrial spirituality (for lack of a better term) tentatively called "the Cosmist Manifesto." Still waiting for one of those to come out. :) I was lucky enough to take David’s class on Extraterrestrial Life while he was teaching at CU-Boulder. He is an awesome (or should I say “funky”?) dude.

Last I talked to him, he was trying to decide whether to write a children’s science book or a book about extraterrestrial spirituality (for lack of a better term) tentatively called “the Cosmist Manifesto.” Still waiting for one of those to come out. :)

]]> By: Bill Nettles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127875 Bill Nettles Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:57:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127875 Oops!...."their passionate" should be "they're passionate" Oops!….”their passionate” should be “they’re passionate”

]]> By: Bill Nettles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127874 Bill Nettles Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:57:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127874 I enjoyed <i>Lonely Planets</i> for the most part. It's gets wordy at times, but what science writer doesn't if their passionate about their topic. Regarding SETI, he gives a balanced treatment of the pros and cons of doing it, and I think (but I really couldn't tell) he came down on the side of "we might as well do it because I need a job and I like this stuff." He's an entertaining writer for sure, and not given to as much hyperbole as Bill Bryson. I'd love to hear him speak, but TN is too far for a quick trip unless someone wants to pick me up in their Tardis. I wouldn't might a Stargate, either. I enjoyed Lonely Planets for the most part. It’s gets wordy at times, but what science writer doesn’t if their passionate about their topic. Regarding SETI, he gives a balanced treatment of the pros and cons of doing it, and I think (but I really couldn’t tell) he came down on the side of “we might as well do it because I need a job and I like this stuff.”

He’s an entertaining writer for sure, and not given to as much hyperbole as Bill Bryson. I’d love to hear him speak, but TN is too far for a quick trip unless someone wants to pick me up in their Tardis. I wouldn’t might a Stargate, either.

]]> By: My-Name-is-Kenneth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127873 My-Name-is-Kenneth Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:52:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127873 Um, I'm sure David's a very nice guy, but I don't want to get to know him quite that well. Not that there is anything wrong with probing in general! Um, I’m sure David’s a very nice guy, but I don’t want to get to know him quite that well.

Not that there is anything wrong with probing in general!

]]> By: ccpetersen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127861 ccpetersen Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:05:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127861 I used to live in Denver... there were a few folks I thought might have been aliens from other planets who lived there, too. Ask me sometime about Sex-Ray Bob. I used to live in Denver… there were a few folks I thought might have been aliens from other planets who lived there, too. Ask me sometime about Sex-Ray Bob.

]]> By: Steeev http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127843 Steeev Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:26:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127843 Perhaps he means talking, in Denver, about aliens. Not as smooth, but more precise. Perhaps he means talking, in Denver, about aliens. Not as smooth, but more precise.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127816 Nigel Depledge Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:38:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/22/your-chance-to-probe-david-grinspoon/#comment-127816 The BA said: <blockquote>He’ll also be talking about aliens in Denver ...</blockquote> There are aliens in Denver??? Figures, I guess. ;-) The BA said:

He’ll also be talking about aliens in Denver …

There are aliens in Denver???

Figures, I guess. ;-)

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