Comments on: The View of the Universe from the Nevada Desert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:50:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Migrations » Blog Archive » Link round-up (6/10- 6/18) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17373 Migrations » Blog Archive » Link round-up (6/10- 6/18) Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:06:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17373 [...] 6/12 - View of the Universe from the Nevada desert at Cosmic Variance. [...] [...] 6/12 – View of the Universe from the Nevada desert at Cosmic Variance. [...]

]]> By: Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Various and Sundry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17390 Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Various and Sundry Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17390 [...] The big political news of a few days ago was the blogger convention in Las Vegas, with potential 2008 presidential candidates showing up to try and impress the most influential people in the country at the moment, bloggers. Sean Carroll reports from the science-blogging caucus there that Wesley Clark made his pitch by coming out strongly in favor of Leonard Susskind and the anthropic string theory landscape. I know, this sounds like a weird joke, but it’s not. [...] [...] The big political news of a few days ago was the blogger convention in Las Vegas, with potential 2008 presidential candidates showing up to try and impress the most influential people in the country at the moment, bloggers. Sean Carroll reports from the science-blogging caucus there that Wesley Clark made his pitch by coming out strongly in favor of Leonard Susskind and the anthropic string theory landscape. I know, this sounds like a weird joke, but it’s not. [...]

]]> By: The American Sector » Blog Archive » If a Blogger Catch a Blogger Comin' thro’ the Rye http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17389 The American Sector » Blog Archive » If a Blogger Catch a Blogger Comin' thro’ the Rye Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:20:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17389 [...] First up is Sean over at Cosmic Variance. He’s been in Vegas for Yearly Kos – the conference centered around politico-blog, Daily Kos. Sean, for the record, is the perfect reporter for the job - nothing could possibly distract him while in Nevada. [...] [...] First up is Sean over at Cosmic Variance. He’s been in Vegas for Yearly Kos – the conference centered around politico-blog, Daily Kos. Sean, for the record, is the perfect reporter for the job – nothing could possibly distract him while in Nevada. [...]

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17387 Sean Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:28:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17387 LBBP, of course you should have. That's what real-life get-togethers are all about. LBBP, of course you should have. That’s what real-life get-togethers are all about.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17388 Elliot Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:18:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17388 Belezian, Explain it to the families of the dead and crippled... Belezian,

Explain it to the families of the dead and crippled…

]]> By: LBBP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17386 LBBP Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:24:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17386 <blockquote>"Even when the science bloggers got together, there wasn't much (any) talk about the substance of science; it was all about how to combat skepticism of evolution and climate change and stem cell research and so on. [...] There was a brief question period after Clark's talk, but I did not rush to the microphone to explain that an anthropic resolution of the cosmological constant problem relied heavily on a problematic choice of measure on the space of observers in the multiverse."</blockquote> Well, for myself, I resisted the temptation to run up to you at the panel, and bombard you with questions regarding the role of gravity during the inflationary epoch. Maybe I should have.

“Even when the science bloggers got together, there wasn’t much (any) talk about the substance of science; it was all about how to combat skepticism of evolution and climate change and stem cell research and so on. [...]

There was a brief question period after Clark’s talk, but I did not rush to the microphone to explain that an anthropic resolution of the cosmological constant problem relied heavily on a problematic choice of measure on the space of observers in the multiverse.”

Well, for myself, I resisted the temptation to run up to you at the panel, and bombard you with questions regarding the role of gravity during the inflationary epoch. Maybe I should have.

]]> By: Belizean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17385 Belizean Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:20:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17385 <blockquote>Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rove et al are evil incarnate.</blockquote> Elliot, Thanks for making my point.

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rove et al are evil incarnate.

Elliot,

Thanks for making my point.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17384 Elliot Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:04:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17384 Belizean, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rove et al are evil incarnate. Responsible for many more deaths than Bin-Laden and Zarqaqi combined. Estimate range into the 100,000 range military and civilian casualties for a war based on lies and delusional notions of an expanding American empire. This isn't a left thing its a demonstrable fact. Elliot Belizean,

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rove et al are evil incarnate. Responsible for many more deaths than Bin-Laden and Zarqaqi combined. Estimate range into the 100,000 range military and civilian casualties for a war based on lies and delusional notions of an expanding American empire.

This isn’t a left thing its a demonstrable fact.

Elliot

]]> By: Belizean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17383 Belizean Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:49:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17383 Elliot, It should have been clear from Sean's post and my response that we're talking about domestic <i>political</i> opponents (unless I totally misunderstood the context). Guys like Saddam, Zarqawi, and Osama <i>are</i> evil incarnate. Sean, I followed your links. It looks like Malkin thinks extreme leftists are nuts, Coulter thinks they're treasonous, and Savage thinks they're insane. None seem to think they're "worthless scoundrels" or evil incarnate. Elliot,

It should have been clear from Sean’s post and my response that we’re talking about domestic political opponents (unless I totally misunderstood the context). Guys like Saddam, Zarqawi, and Osama are evil incarnate.

Sean,

I followed your links. It looks like Malkin thinks extreme leftists are nuts, Coulter thinks they’re treasonous, and Savage thinks they’re insane. None seem to think they’re “worthless scoundrels” or evil incarnate.

]]> By: Cynthia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17382 Cynthia Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:29:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/the-view-of-the-universe-from-the-nevada-desert/#comment-17382 Sean, I'm in an absolute state of shock...You actually uncovered evidence that Right-Wingers think Leftists are across-the-board-evil-doers...May the Wrath of God now come down from the Heavens and strike down all of us Leftists.. ;-) Sean,
I’m in an absolute state of shock…You actually uncovered evidence that Right-Wingers think Leftists are across-the-board-evil-doers…May the Wrath of God now come down from the Heavens and strike down all of us Leftists.. ;-)

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