Comments on: A Freethinkin’ interview

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:36:06 +0000

@Larian et al
Great job on Facts Not Fantasy guys.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:08:48 +0000

Alright, so people are afraid their children will be autistic if they get vaccinated because the frustrated parents of autistic children want to put the blame on someone or something. Really, it’s like convincing the population to commit mass murder. Kids will die. There will still be autism. Is anti-vax a cult?

By: LarianLeQuella

LarianLeQuella — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:31:32 +0000

Torbjorn, thank you for the comments. I sincerely appreciate your comments (even if critical). I suppose living in an area that makes Benny Hinn look like a moderate can colour my attitude, and is is beneficial to have folks keep me in line.

You know when that paper will get in the public domain, or something similar that I can link to instead?

And yes, the flowchart is strictly humour, but that fact may be lost on the audience.

By: fred edison

fred edison — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:48:39 +0000

Excellent interview. Parts 2a & 2b should be posted as YT videos soon. I’ll be looking to hear them.

Last but not least, my congratulations to Bad Astronomy on being chosen as one of Time magazine’s 25 best blogs for 2009. That’s no small feat in the vast universe of the Internet. Awesome work, Phil, and well deserved.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:46:04 +0000

Suggestions for FnF content? Sorry, just negative criticism so far (but it's a great site, I recommend visiting). Like that the suggested abiogenesis paper is a paywall paper. It may be interesting but would an outsider who needs the FnF material benefit from that? Or that the "science vs creationism" flowchart, while funny and effective enough, really depicts the "change vs revolution" description of science which is philosophical so inapplicable and, worse, technically wrong. [I mean, if you reject a theory based on its failure you don't "change" it, you have to make up a new one. In the end the distinction between "change" and "revolution" becomes iffy and probably undefinable. What would be the observable qualitative difference? Hmm. "Revolution" in science would be more like when the consensus shifts drastically due to some new data or idea. Like when Hubble, COBE and WMAP revolutionized cosmology. That would be an observable social phenomena analogous to a state change.]

By: Jolly Bloger

Jolly Bloger — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:08:41 +0000

That facebook group has lapsed. New one here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64326845956

By: NewEnglandBob

NewEnglandBob — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:29:38 +0000

Great Interview Dr. Plait.

I had to laugh at “……..NOOOO! You’re dead!”

By: LarianLeQuella

LarianLeQuella — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:34:15 +0000

Sort of off topic Dr. Plait, I hope you don’t mind.

Hey folks, we have http://www.factsnotfantasy.com up and running, and looking a bit better now. One thing we could use are a few more contributors. I don’t make a living writing blogs, so my occupation does tend to interfere with my ability to make daily posts there. If any of you most totally awesome BA Bloggees are interested in collaborating, I’m sure Todd W., IVAN3MAN, The Chemist, and I would welcome the company.

In the meantime, please distribute the link wherever you can. Also, if you have suggestions for content, please let us know as well. Thank you.

Now go watch the video (slideshow?). I swoon every time they show that picture.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:43:45 +0000

It looks like they misspelled your name on the intro screen. Either that or you misspell your name daily…

Interesting interview none the less!