Comments on: We Have Agents In The Field

By: String Theory’s Star on the Rise | Cosmic Variance

String Theory’s Star on the Rise | Cosmic Variance — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:00:34 +0000

[...] Not far from where I do my shopping in the Hollywood Farmer’s market is the Hollywood walk of fame, where various stars of screen, stage, radio, etc are celebrated with a star in the pavement/sidewalk when they rise to a certain level. I never thought I’d see the day when someone would get a star for contributions to the popularisation of science on television (Carl Sagan never got one), but look what I stumbled upon earlier this week (I was so impressed I asked a tourist to take a shot of me): [...]

By: SteveM

SteveM — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:48:56 +0000

Dolph Lundren was supposed to be doing a Phd in chemical engineering at MIT, and had degrees already from Sweden and Austrailia having won various scholarships. But he got the part of the Russian boxing machine “Ivan Drako” in the film “Rocky IV” opposite Sylvester Stallone, and then had a film career playing heavies ever since. I like this particular example since I am an athlete too with a scientific/technical background. Actually, I think “Brain and Brawn” is MIT’s motto?

By: Clifford

Clifford — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:58:24 +0000

Great! That’s very encouraging. Probing further….did she do research beyond UG level, ‘cos that would be excellent!

(Wait….I don’t understand the “so there!”. I’m hoping that there are more examples than commonly suspected…. it’s supposed to be a good thing. I’m not going into this discussion saying that it is impossible, just that it is commonly percieved as rather improbable.)

Cheers,

-cvj

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:46:53 +0000

I don’t know about Heidi Klum, but I seem to recall that Cindy Crawford was an engineering major. So there!

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:03:32 +0000

Climbing up the food chain,
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/news/points/2004-04.html#og

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:56:18 +0000

It would be interesting to examine the science, here are some:
http://www.organicconnection.net/nutritional.html

By: Peter Armitage

Peter Armitage — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:29:30 +0000

Although not a phycist herself, Oliva Newton-John’s grandfather was Max Born! …which puts “Let’s get Physical” into a new context doesn’t it?

By: Clifford

Clifford — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:22:58 +0000

Frumious B. Thanks for your wisdom. Please go away and find a blog more up to your standards.

It is so easy and, frankly, tedious to find some way of tearing something down. It is much more impressive to show that you can build something. Give it a try.

Cheers, and maybe goodbye (?)

-cvj

By: Frumious B.

Frumious B. — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:10:42 +0000

That so-called amazing website is filled with misinformation. For one thing, vitamin content of food is set by genetics. Organically grown vegetables are not more nutritious than conventionally grown.

First the acupunture, now organics. Is this a science blog or a pseudoscience blog?

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:30:19 +0000

I met Feynman’s first (or was it second) Ph.D. student. He said the most important thing he learned from Feynman was how to be happy. (Physics wasn’t the most important thing in the world, and he wasn’t doing physics.)

Pyracantha, I can understand that parents will be really puzzled and worried if after a PhD and all that effort, one turned around and did something totally unrelated. One should talk to them and explain. But not being able to change out of some notion that one wasted time, it is low-class, a shame, etc., is the opposite of wisdom.