Comments on: My nefarious plan

By: Work in Progress – March 2009 | the process diary

Work in Progress – March 2009 | the process diary — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:15:20 +0000

[...] I am responding to a post recently made on Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomer Blog – Phil: hi, I know you’re SUCH a fan of The [...]

By: Eleven Random Reasons To Follow Phil Plait | Thinking Critically

Eleven Random Reasons To Follow Phil Plait | Thinking Critically — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:41:10 +0000

[...] part of his his nefarious plan Phil Plait is asking for people to pimp his [...]

By: My secret nefarious inky plan revealed! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:15:45 +0000

[...] month, I hinted that I have a secret. The time has come to reveal [...]

By: Shilling — Diary Of A Leaky Brain

Shilling — Diary Of A Leaky Brain — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:58:06 +0000

[...] He asked, so I’m pimping. [...]

By: Kulvinder Matharu

Kulvinder Matharu — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:12:39 +0000

OK, already had Bad Astronomy in the blogroll, but have now added an article about Bad Astronomy at http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2009/03/24/291.html

I’ll pass that on!

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:17:14 +0000

It’s not Earth-shattering

Shoot, there goes the follow up to “Death from the Skies!”.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:10:03 +0000

OK Phil. I sent your link to everyone I know who might exercise their brains(which is basically all of them).

Now, do I get a cookie???

GAry 7

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:01:10 +0000

It’s the least I could do:

http://richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=76571

I like the rainy US northwest by the way

By: Pegkitty

Pegkitty — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:51:37 +0000

I’m thinking Black Velvet Scalzi.

By: CW

CW — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:15:06 +0000

Does being subscribed to the RSS feed count? Or do you need people to look at the blog itself? Just curious on that one…always wondered how people count RSS readers

By: Eight Random Reasons To Follow Phil Plait « Rodibidably

Eight Random Reasons To Follow Phil Plait « Rodibidably — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:38:47 +0000

[...] As part of his his nefarious plan Phil Plait is asking for people to pimp his [...]

By: detentiondnb

detentiondnb — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:32:00 +0000

Just started browsing the blog yesterday actually. I have been a fan for quite sometime, via podcasting and your other doings in the skeptical community, but for some reason I just failed to delve into the skeptical blogs.

I was missing out, and I’ll surely let everyone know. I post frequently in forums all day and often post about news articles which could easily be linked to your site.

Let me know if there’s anything more I can do.

By: arthwollipot

arthwollipot — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:57:15 +0000

I’ve posted on LJ, Digged, gave Thumbs Up on StumbleUpon and posted links on Facebook. Because the Plan is Nefarious, and I can’t resist a Nefarious Plan!

By: StevoR

StevoR — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:56:32 +0000

Actually I’ve even quoted the BA blog in a few astronomy articles I’ve had published in the SA Astronomical Society’s monthly newsletter.

For instance, I got an article there from answering a question someone (SLC) asked back on the T Leporis Z (red giant, Keck twins dying gasp image & animation) thread about how giant & supergiant stars compare & quoted the original discussion thread in the references :

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As you can see, supergiants and giants then really are quite different and shouldn’t be confused!

References

Croswell, Ken, “Is there Life around Alpha Centauri?” in ‘Astronomy’ magazine, April 1991, Kalmbach publishing Co.
English, Neil, “A Summer Sizzler” (Antares) in ‘Astronomy Now’ magazine, July 2007.
English, Neil, ‘Arcturus : Up Close & Personal’ in Astronomy Now, July 2006.
Frazier, Kendrick & Editors of Time-Life, ‘Solar System’, Time Life Books, 1985.
Kaler, James B., ‘Extreme Stars’, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Kaler, James B., ‘The 100 Greatest Stars’, Copernicus Books, 2002.
Kaler, James B., “The Largest Stars in the Galaxy.”, Astronomy, October 1990, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Kaler, James B., “Kaler’s Stars” website :
[Snip! website removed so this can come through here.], accessed March 5th 2009.
Murdin, Paul, ‘End in Fire – The Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud’, Cambridge Uni. Press, 1990.
Plait, Phil, “Bad Astronomy Blog” :
.. blogs dot discovermagazine dot com / badastronomy / 2009 / 02 / 18 / wonder-twins-telescope-sees-stars-dying-gasps /, accessed February 20th 2009.
Schaaf, Fred, ‘The Brightest Stars’, Wiley, 2008.

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Wonder of the person I was actually answering there – SLC I think -ever saw what I wrote? Hope so – I’m sure glad the question was asked!

By: StevoR

StevoR — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:54:21 +0000

Actually I’ve even quoted the BA blog in a few astronomy articles I’ve had published in the SA Astronomical Society’s monthly newsletter.

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As you can see, supergiants and giants then really are quite different and shouldn’t be confused!

References

Croswell, Ken, “Is there Life around Alpha Centauri?” in ‘Astronomy’ magazine, April 1991, Kalmbach publishing Co.
English, Neil, “A Summer Sizzler” (Antares) in ‘Astronomy Now’ magazine, July 2007.
English, Neil, ‘Arcturus : Up Close & Personal’ in Astronomy Now, July 2006.
Frazier, Kendrick & Editors of Time-Life, ‘Solar System’, Time Life Books, 1985.
Kaler, James B., ‘Extreme Stars’, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Kaler, James B., ‘The 100 Greatest Stars’, Copernicus Books, 2002.
Kaler, James B., “The Largest Stars in the Galaxy.”, Astronomy, October 1990, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Kaler, James B., “Kaler’s Stars” website :
[Snip! website removed so this can come through here.], accessed March 5th 2009.
Murdin, Paul, ‘End in Fire – The Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud’, Cambridge Uni. Press, 1990.
Plait, Phil, “Bad Astronomy Blog” :
.. blogs dot discovermagazine dot com / badastronomy / 2009 / 02 / 18 / wonder-twins-telescope-sees-stars-dying-gasps /, accessed February 20th 2009. (& click my name above to go there.)
Schaaf, Fred, ‘The Brightest Stars’, Wiley, 2008.

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Wonder of the person I was actually answering there – SLC I think -ever saw what I wrote? Hope so – I’m sure glad the question was asked!

By: StevoR

StevoR — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:43:12 +0000

Well I’ve already mentioned the Bad Astronomy blog numerous times to various groups & people such as my local SF writers group & the Astronomical Society of South Australia …

So I guess I’m already doing my part in your nefarious scheme although I’d do this anyway!

By: OtherRob

OtherRob — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:32:33 +0000

Or maybe next Wednesday Phil’s going to announce he’s going up on the next Shuttle.

Or maybe those guessing the Colbert Report are right.

By: Flawedprefect

Flawedprefect — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:33:27 +0000

Hey everyone! Read Phil Plait’s blog!

no wait… oh you mean out THERE on the interweb! Right… lemme get onto that…

By: mitrax

mitrax — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:23:54 +0000

“lots of fun” eh? hmmm let’s see, April 1st is coming, could it be that Phil is preparing a huge hoax for the occasion and wants as many people as possible to fall for it? Considering the recent talk about (possibly innacurate) news spreading like crazy on Twitter and the internet, his position at JREF etc i bet that’s it :p

By: coolstar

coolstar — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:46 +0000

A studio can’t hold Colber’s and the BAD Astronomer’s ego at the same time? Hell, I’m not sure the UNIVERSE can!

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:57:24 +0000

Another case of beer on a silly bet? That’s how I always get in trouble – lowing like a moose in a shopping mall, mooing or baaing in a queue as it slowly moves along. Of course it’s even worse if you’re in a place where people have no idea what a moose sounds like.

Then again, why guess at something common – inventing conspiracies is much more fun.

By: llewelly

llewelly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:48:14 +0000

;

I have a secret. And it really is one I can’t share just now. I promised someone.

Really this is obvious. In these hard economic times, NASA has reduced your salary as an agent in their Hide The Moon Hoax And The Aliens Project (HTMHATAP). This is obviously a veiled threat you’re making. You’ll become a whistle-blower if they don’t restore your salary. The truth will out.

By: Michael L

Michael L — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:25:05 +0000

@Davidlpf:
Phil Plait created the BAblogees…

The BAblogees rebelled…

There are many copies…

And They have a plan…

By: Trebuchet

Trebuchet — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:21:22 +0000

I was going to try to help out by posting something on my favorite message board, but since Phil is half owner I suspect most of them have heard of him….

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:17:16 +0000

Here’s another reason why BA vs Colbert should be on the air:
NASA naming contest falls for Colbert prank

J/P=?