Comments on: Scientists, Not People

By: James Aach

James Aach — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:12:00 +0000

Look for my essay on LabLit.com in the near future on science and fiction publication. In the meantime, my insider novel of the US nuclear power industry is available to readers at no cost at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com

By: yami

yami — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:47:00 +0000

Eh, it’s a scholarly magazine. And how else am I supposed to know what color of science is in this season?

By: des von bladet

des von bladet — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:33:00 +0000

They don’t even peer-review the Proper Articles, really. Nature is very nice, if unlike me you can see the point of it, but it’s a magazine not a scholarly journal.

By: yami

yami — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:28:00 +0000

Hmmm… maybe they should start peer-reviewing the fluff articles.

By: des von bladet

des von bladet — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:37:00 +0000

The Gower Street Waterstone’s is about as atypical as they come: in the heart of Bloomsbury near several chunks of the University of London, it’s London’s best academic bookshop (and a regular point of pilgrimage for me).

By: yami

yami — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:02:00 +0000

Hey, I wanted to be a bespectacled, lab-coated scientist! And I’m living the dream. Except for the lab coat. And the lab, but that’ll change soon enough. But there were lots of bright kids at school who didn’t buy into it, who still would’ve made great scientists.
And Alton Brown is many things, but “attractive” is not one of them. I actually find his style somewhat irritating… better just to buy a copy of CookWise.

By: Rex Ferric

Rex Ferric — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:54:00 +0000

We need more Alton Brown on TV, dammit!…

By: fledermaus

fledermaus — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:46:00 +0000

But did it even take into account the number of kids who WANT to be bespectacled, lab-coat-wearing scientists?
I can think of many people who aspired to the aesthetic in the ’80’s, Kurt Harland of Information Society, Thomas Dolby, Brent Spiner…
In some circles it’s cool. Like pirates.