Comments on: The Wonders of SphereCasting http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Long Beach, California | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-16982 Long Beach, California | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Wed, 13 May 2009 14:19:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-16982 [...] also finally got to experience the wonders of spherecasting. Chris was right–magnificent.  Now for day [...] [...] also finally got to experience the wonders of spherecasting. Chris was right–magnificent.  Now for day [...]

]]> By: Watching data on a sphere « Path To Sustainable http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15283 Watching data on a sphere « Path To Sustainable Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:49:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15283 [...] The Wonders of SphereCasting: [Via The Intersection] Yesterday, as previously mentioned, I was at the magnificent National Weather Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, giving a speech to this conference about science communication. I’m hoping that the talk—which covered anything from the work of the 18th century French philosophe the Marquis de Condorcet to the unfortunate depictions of science in Hollywood films—will eventually be available online. Meanwhile, though, I’d like to remark on a spectacular encounter I had at the event. We tend to complain and critique on blogs; this post will be the opposite. [...] [...] The Wonders of SphereCasting: [Via The Intersection] Yesterday, as previously mentioned, I was at the magnificent National Weather Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, giving a speech to this conference about science communication. I’m hoping that the talk—which covered anything from the work of the 18th century French philosophe the Marquis de Condorcet to the unfortunate depictions of science in Hollywood films—will eventually be available online. Meanwhile, though, I’d like to remark on a spectacular encounter I had at the event. We tend to complain and critique on blogs; this post will be the opposite. [...]

]]> By: Watching data on a sphere « A Man With A Ph.D. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15282 Watching data on a sphere « A Man With A Ph.D. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:48:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15282 [...] The Wonders of SphereCasting: [Via The Intersection] Yesterday, as previously mentioned, I was at the magnificent National Weather Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, giving a speech to this conference about science communication. I’m hoping that the talk—which covered anything from the work of the 18th century French philosophe the Marquis de Condorcet to the unfortunate depictions of science in Hollywood films—will eventually be available online. Meanwhile, though, I’d like to remark on a spectacular encounter I had at the event. We tend to complain and critique on blogs; this post will be the opposite. [...] [...] The Wonders of SphereCasting: [Via The Intersection] Yesterday, as previously mentioned, I was at the magnificent National Weather Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, giving a speech to this conference about science communication. I’m hoping that the talk—which covered anything from the work of the 18th century French philosophe the Marquis de Condorcet to the unfortunate depictions of science in Hollywood films—will eventually be available online. Meanwhile, though, I’d like to remark on a spectacular encounter I had at the event. We tend to complain and critique on blogs; this post will be the opposite. [...]

]]> By: Daphne T http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15205 Daphne T Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15205 I'm glad you enjoyed the tour I gave you of the sphere. We enjoyed your talk here at the National Weather Center, however you should have added "Twister" to your list of bad science movies. It would have made your talk just that much more relevant to your audience. ;-) I’m glad you enjoyed the tour I gave you of the sphere. We enjoyed your talk here at the National Weather Center, however you should have added “Twister” to your list of bad science movies. It would have made your talk just that much more relevant to your audience. ;-)

]]> By: MadScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15201 MadScientist Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:17:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15201 I want one for my bedroom! That would provide a great view of the earth from space. On the dark side we might even imagine seeing lightning flickering about the globe. I'd throw in some LCD shutter goggles and make 3D projections on the globe. Then again I could get myself a kitty and an iron glove and plan my world conquest with the pretty project-a-marble. On the other hand, just to mess with people's perceptions, I might carve a hemispherical niche in my wall and project into the niche but make it appear as though the image protrudes from the wall. The possibilities are endless! I want one for my bedroom!

That would provide a great view of the earth from space. On the dark side we might even imagine seeing lightning flickering about the globe. I’d throw in some LCD shutter goggles and make 3D projections on the globe. Then again I could get myself a kitty and an iron glove and plan my world conquest with the pretty project-a-marble. On the other hand, just to mess with people’s perceptions, I might carve a hemispherical niche in my wall and project into the niche but make it appear as though the image protrudes from the wall. The possibilities are endless!

]]> By: Jon Winsor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15192 Jon Winsor Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:41:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15192 Kind-of, sort-of, on the subject of the Marquis de Condorcet, here's a neat recent podcast on Raphael's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens#Central_figures_.2814_and_15.29" rel="nofollow">"School of Athens"</a>: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20090326.shtml I was interested that Kant and Hegel were briefly mentioned as being in modern times on the Plato side of the divide. If PZ Myers painted it, Aristotle would be gesturing at Plato with a certain single digit instead of the downward motion of the hand and probably the picture would be a bar fight between the two sides of the room. I think in <a href="http://www.radioopensource.org/is-god-in-our-genes/" rel="nofollow">his interview with Christopher Lydon</a>, Daniel Dennett put his finger on the battle line. Dennett said that he did not make a distinction between <i>Geisteswissenschaften</i> and <i>Naturwissenschaften</i>, something that someone like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dilthey#Distinction_between_natural_science_and_.22human.22_science" rel="nofollow">Wilhelm Dilthey strongly resisted</a>, and I think modern people with sensibilities like Dilthey's instinctively resist it as well... Kind-of, sort-of, on the subject of the Marquis de Condorcet, here’s a neat recent podcast on Raphael’s “School of Athens”:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20090326.shtml

I was interested that Kant and Hegel were briefly mentioned as being in modern times on the Plato side of the divide.

If PZ Myers painted it, Aristotle would be gesturing at Plato with a certain single digit instead of the downward motion of the hand and probably the picture would be a bar fight between the two sides of the room.

I think in his interview with Christopher Lydon, Daniel Dennett put his finger on the battle line. Dennett said that he did not make a distinction between Geisteswissenschaften and Naturwissenschaften, something that someone like Wilhelm Dilthey strongly resisted, and I think modern people with sensibilities like Dilthey’s instinctively resist it as well…

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15191 Chris Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:25:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15191 that is nifty and keen. that is nifty and keen.

]]> By: thingsbreak http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15189 thingsbreak Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:20:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15189 "part's"? Looks like I need to revisit the Bob the Angry Flower cartoon on apostrophes. “part’s”?

Looks like I need to revisit the Bob the Angry Flower cartoon on apostrophes.

]]> By: thingsbreak http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15188 thingsbreak Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:19:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/03/the-wonders-of-spherecasting/#comment-15188 It's one of the best part's of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's new Sant Ocean Hall, in my opinion. It’s one of the best part’s of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s new Sant Ocean Hall, in my opinion.

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