Bloggingheads Is Up

My talk with John Horgan on bloggingheads.tv is up. I’m sure the fact that the label “weird life” appears directly over my head was an accident (right, John?). Anyway, we had a good talk about parasites, aliens, and how to handle hype in science. I may have made some mistakes–feel free to fact-check in the comment thread. Unfortunately, I can’t ~~strike out~~ my spoken errors, but we can make the best of it. (If you hanker for more scienceblog/bloggingheads encounters, see these talks by PZ Myers and Chris Mooney.)

September 29th, 2007 9:15 AM Tags: Evolution
by Carl Zimmer in Talks, The Parasite Files | 5 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

5 Responses to “Bloggingheads Is Up”

1. TR Gregory Says:
September 29th, 2007 at 10:36 am

I see you’ve hired a new hairstylist. Good on ya.
2. John Monfries Says:
September 29th, 2007 at 9:32 pm

No it was just the earphones.
3. psiloiordinary Says:
September 30th, 2007 at 6:03 pm

You are tagged.
4. Scott Hatfield, OM Says:
September 30th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

Just out of curiousity, how did you import a frame of video into the post? Didya have to convert it first with another program, or will the SciBlogs thing do that for you?
5. Greg Johannsen Says:
September 30th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

I’m impressed. You speak as well as you write. Your ability to focus on the most appropriate response is what I noticed most.

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