Comments on: My First Full Day in China http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 386sx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1642 386sx Mon, 22 Aug 2005 05:23:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1642 Mr. Jack, your answers were quite helpful for me in a trivia game I was playing over the weekend. Many thanks. Mr. Jack, your answers were quite helpful for me in a trivia game I was playing over the weekend. Many thanks.

]]> By: Jack http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Jack Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:26:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1641 Ahem... Jack : "invented"?, Don't you mean "Discovered"? Careful, you don't know who's reading, now. OK, sorry. So evolution was *discovered* by the Chinese 6000 years ago and carried to Europe by Marco Polo. Ahem… Jack : “invented”?, Don’t you mean “Discovered”? Careful, you don’t know who’s reading, now.

OK, sorry. So evolution was *discovered* by the Chinese 6000 years ago and carried to Europe by Marco Polo.

]]> By: aaron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1640 aaron Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:20:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1640 "It is nice to see Joe here, but it makes me a little nervous, since the last time I met him in Asia, we spent 6 late night/early morning hours stranded at Mumbai airport. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he isn't bad luck for me - we'll see." I wonder if Joe is thinking the same thing about you? “It is nice to see Joe here, but it makes me a little nervous, since the last time I met him in Asia, we spent 6 late night/early morning hours stranded at Mumbai airport. So I’m keeping my fingers crossed that he isn’t bad luck for me – we’ll see.” I wonder if Joe is thinking the same thing about you?

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 Clifford Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:55:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1639 Ahem... Jack : "invented"?, Don't you mean "Discovered"? Careful, you don't know who's reading, now. :-) -cvj Ahem… Jack : “invented”?, Don’t you mean “Discovered”? Careful, you don’t know who’s reading, now. :-)

-cvj

]]> By: Jack http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 Jack Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:32:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1638 What's their take on the evolution controversy going on over here in the U.S.? Their take is probably that evolution was invented in China 6000 years ago and that it was stolen from them during the Opium Wars. What’s their take on the evolution controversy going on over here in the U.S.?

Their take is probably that evolution was invented in China 6000 years ago and that it was stolen from them during the Opium Wars.

]]> By: Quantoken http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Quantoken Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:15:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1637 While the evolution is a big controversy in this country, it was no controversy at all in China, where even little kids know about Darwin\'s evolution theory and nobody question otherwise. To the Chinese they probably do not understand why Americans would be so confused on this crystal clear issue. I know this because right now Mark is visiting the exact place where I once lived, within an uncertainty of maybe 10 meters. Very likely mark is right now walking on the very spot of the campus where I pee-d as a young boy. Hee hee hee :-) Tell me a bit of what you see in Hangzhou, Mark, because I haven\'t revisited the place for some years. While the evolution is a big controversy in this country, it was no controversy at all in China, where even little kids know about Darwin\’s evolution theory and nobody question otherwise. To the Chinese they probably do not understand why Americans would be so confused on this crystal clear issue.

I know this because right now Mark is visiting the exact place where I once lived, within an uncertainty of maybe 10 meters. Very likely mark is right now walking on the very spot of the campus where I pee-d as a young boy. Hee hee hee :-)

Tell me a bit of what you see in Hangzhou, Mark, because I haven\’t revisited the place for some years.

]]> By: 386sx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 386sx Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:57:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/15/my-first-full-day-in-china/#comment-1636 What's their take on the evolution controversy going on over here in the U.S.? I'm thinking of Jonathan Wells's quoting the anonymous Chinese paleontologist who suposedly said, "In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America, you can criticize the government, but not Darwin." What’s their take on the evolution controversy going on over here in the U.S.? I’m thinking of Jonathan Wells’s quoting the anonymous Chinese paleontologist who suposedly said, “In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America, you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.”

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