Comments on: Unruly Democracy: The Event Roster and Speakers List http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/04/21/unruly-democracy-the-event-roster-and-speakers-list/ 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: David Bruggeman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/04/21/unruly-democracy-the-event-roster-and-speakers-list/#comment-56594 David Bruggeman Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:19:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=8081#comment-56594 Big pass. Hard to get motivated for an event not announced until 10 days before it's scheduled to happen. Hard to get motivated for an event where most of the panels have at best a tenuous connection with what appears to be the theme of the event: having something resembling a more civil discourse on science issues when blogging. Hard to get motivated for an event that won't even touch on models of comment and online discussion that manage to get attention and interest without slinging mud. See as an example: http://econsultancy.com/blog/5743-gawker-reaps-the-rewards-of-making-it-harder-to-comment Big pass. Hard to get motivated for an event not announced until 10 days before it’s scheduled to happen. Hard to get motivated for an event where most of the panels have at best a tenuous connection with what appears to be the theme of the event: having something resembling a more civil discourse on science issues when blogging. Hard to get motivated for an event that won’t even touch on models of comment and online discussion that manage to get attention and interest without slinging mud. See as an example:

http://econsultancy.com/blog/5743-gawker-reaps-the-rewards-of-making-it-harder-to-comment

]]> By: Jason http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/04/21/unruly-democracy-the-event-roster-and-speakers-list/#comment-56591 Jason Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:35:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=8081#comment-56591 I wish it were a month later...when i'll already BE in boston I wish it were a month later…when i’ll already BE in boston

]]> By: Alex W. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/04/21/unruly-democracy-the-event-roster-and-speakers-list/#comment-56589 Alex W. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:30:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=8081#comment-56589 Thanks for the shout-out! The background image is "Christ in Limbo," by a 16th century Flemish follower of Bosch, on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I had been looking for something Bosch-ian and thought "Christ in Limbo" was even a bit more Bosch than Bosch, and the gaping maw imagery really seemed to do well for a blogging topic. "Christ in Limbo": http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2007/06/follower-of-bosch-flemish-second-half.html Thanks for the shout-out! The background image is “Christ in Limbo,” by a 16th century Flemish follower of Bosch, on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I had been looking for something Bosch-ian and thought “Christ in Limbo” was even a bit more Bosch than Bosch, and the gaping maw imagery really seemed to do well for a blogging topic.

“Christ in Limbo”: http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2007/06/follower-of-bosch-flemish-second-half.html

]]> By: Jon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/04/21/unruly-democracy-the-event-roster-and-speakers-list/#comment-56583 Jon Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:25:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=8081#comment-56583 Looks like he's quoting Hieronymus Bosch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch Looks like he’s quoting Hieronymus Bosch:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch

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