Comments on: I Don't Like to Brag... http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:11:12 +0000 By: spaceman spif http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-31970 spaceman spif Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:37:56 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-31970 Great pics! I find it funny, given the focus of this website, that "archaeology" is not mentioned as a fave on here! (Holy crap....put a goatee on you and you look like my brother!) Great pics!

I find it funny, given the focus of this website, that "archaeology" is not mentioned as a fave on here!

(Holy crap....put a goatee on you and you look like my brother!)

]]> By: Marta http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-31962 Marta Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:04:47 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-31962 El Yunque National Park is one of the most beautiful things in PR, but my personal favoutite is the fluorescent bay in Vieques. I don't remember the Nobel Prize at the observatory. El Yunque National Park is one of the most beautiful things in PR, but my personal favoutite is the fluorescent bay in Vieques.

I don't remember the Nobel Prize at the observatory.

]]> By: Jim Baerg http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-28000 Jim Baerg Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:18:54 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-28000 "Personally, I find astronomy the most awe-inspiring of all branches of science (biology being a close second)." I'll add the 'deep time' of geology. "Personally, I find astronomy the most awe-inspiring of all branches of science (biology being a close second)."

I'll add the 'deep time' of geology.

]]> By: Lynet http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27995 Lynet Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:00:51 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27995 Really, the universe is so breathtaking that it is a wonder that I have any breath <i>left</i>. And don't think that I was able to avoid pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope while growing up (sigh). Ah, but my flippant, irritable side is showing... Personally, I find that <i>mathematics</i> has the awe of the infinite void, that it might suck you in and stretch you out unbearably, spit you out in crumpled pieces that still gasp at the iridescent flash of the crystalline complexity, and ache for its impersonal cadences as you might ache for a departed love. All of which is just to say that I don't feel like being awed right now :-) When I do, I'll take a look. Really, the universe is so breathtaking that it is a wonder that I have any breath left. And don't think that I was able to avoid pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope while growing up (sigh). Ah, but my flippant, irritable side is showing...

Personally, I find that mathematics has the awe of the infinite void, that it might suck you in and stretch you out unbearably, spit you out in crumpled pieces that still gasp at the iridescent flash of the crystalline complexity, and ache for its impersonal cadences as you might ache for a departed love.

All of which is just to say that I don't feel like being awed right now :-) When I do, I'll take a look.

]]> By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27986 Ebonmuse Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:13:36 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27986 Cripes. This is not the response I was expecting. It's flattering, though, in a slightly strange sort of way. :) Be good, you lot, and I'll post some more pictures of myself from the rainforest in El Yunque National Park. ;) I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience with astronomy, Lynet. I suppose poorly planned attempts at teaching can suck the joy out of anything. If it's not where your interests lie, that's fine, but if it's solely for your father's sake that you're not interested, I say give it another chance. Personally, I find astronomy the most awe-inspiring of all branches of science (biology being a close second). Trust me, there are pictures on the <a href="http://hubblesite.org/" rel="nofollow">HubbleSite</a> that are far more breathtaking than anything you could see through a backyard telescope. Cripes. This is not the response I was expecting. It's flattering, though, in a slightly strange sort of way. :) Be good, you lot, and I'll post some more pictures of myself from the rainforest in El Yunque National Park. ;)

I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience with astronomy, Lynet. I suppose poorly planned attempts at teaching can suck the joy out of anything. If it's not where your interests lie, that's fine, but if it's solely for your father's sake that you're not interested, I say give it another chance. Personally, I find astronomy the most awe-inspiring of all branches of science (biology being a close second). Trust me, there are pictures on the HubbleSite that are far more breathtaking than anything you could see through a backyard telescope.

]]> By: javaman http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27947 javaman Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:03:07 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27947 Ebon! I have a man crush on you! But I mean that in a good way! Maybe we all need to post our pics to have a visual reference of each other ,60% of our brain tissue is for sight, Humans are very visual creatures Ebon! I have a man crush on you! But I mean that in a good way! Maybe we all need to post our pics to have a visual reference of each other ,60% of our brain tissue is for sight, Humans are very visual creatures

]]> By: Paul http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27944 Paul Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:00:13 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27944 Ebon, it was great to put a face to a blog! I've always admired what you've written and blogged, but seeing who you are deepens all of it. We are bodies and faces as well as thoughts and ideas, and putting the two together means a lot. Ebon, it was great to put a face to a blog! I've always admired what you've written and blogged, but seeing who you are deepens all of it. We are bodies and faces as well as thoughts and ideas, and putting the two together means a lot.

]]> By: Lynet http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27943 Lynet Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:38:38 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27943 It's okay, Thump -- the enthusiasm for astronomy on this page was at least enough to make me want to pick up my old general relativity notes :-) <blockquote>My reactions to this post unspooled roughly as follows: "Oh, he's way cu…</blockquote> I'm so glad it's not just me. It's okay, Thump -- the enthusiasm for astronomy on this page was at least enough to make me want to pick up my old general relativity notes :-)

My reactions to this post unspooled roughly as follows: "Oh, he's way cu…

I'm so glad it's not just me.

]]> By: Thumpalumpacus http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27939 Thumpalumpacus Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:39:50 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27939 Wow, Lynet, sorry there's so much baggage there. I sure wish I could convey the wonder of learning which astronomy gives me. Then again, I hate bowling and you probably roll a 240 or so. Wow, Lynet, sorry there's so much baggage there. I sure wish I could convey the wonder of learning which astronomy gives me. Then again, I hate bowling and you probably roll a 240 or so.

]]> By: Moody834 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/arecibo-visit.html#comment-27931 Moody834 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:57:26 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/10/i-dont-like-to-brag.html#comment-27931 My reactions to this post unspooled roughly as follows: "Oh, he's way cu...!? He's at <i>Arecibo Observatory</i>!?! WTF! I hate him! Hate, hate, hate, ... hey, wow, that's cool. Oh... wow. Wow. Mm-hmn. Yes. Definitely. Save Arecibo Observatory! I love him! Love, love, <i>loooove</i> him! He's way cute." ;-) Glad you got to go, man. What a wonderful place. The closest I've ever been to it was during a certain sequence of the X-Files movie, which I saw on the big screen. But I hope to be as lucky as you some day. :-) Contact (the movie) was great because of Jodie Foster and the portrayal of religious fanaticism, but as a story it certainly wasn't one of Sagan's better works. I'd much sooner see Clarke's <i>Rendezvous with Rama</i> made into a movie... Oh, goodness... well, would you just <a href="http://www.revelationsent.com/site/projects/in_development/rama.html" rel="nofollow">look at that</a>! My reactions to this post unspooled roughly as follows: "Oh, he's way cu...!? He's at Arecibo Observatory!?! WTF! I hate him! Hate, hate, hate, ... hey, wow, that's cool. Oh... wow. Wow. Mm-hmn. Yes. Definitely. Save Arecibo Observatory! I love him! Love, love, loooove him! He's way cute." ;-)

Glad you got to go, man. What a wonderful place. The closest I've ever been to it was during a certain sequence of the X-Files movie, which I saw on the big screen. But I hope to be as lucky as you some day. :-)

Contact (the movie) was great because of Jodie Foster and the portrayal of religious fanaticism, but as a story it certainly wasn't one of Sagan's better works. I'd much sooner see Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama made into a movie... Oh, goodness... well, would you just look at that!

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