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Forum: Diavlog comments 12-24-2011, 05:28 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 19,815
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Celestial Couch Potatoes (John Horgan & George Johnson)

We indeed welcome applications from interested and motivated outsiders.
Forum: Diavlog comments 12-24-2011, 02:30 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 19,815
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Celestial Couch Potatoes (John Horgan & George Johnson)

Just a caffe latte, homemade.
Forum: Diavlog comments 12-24-2011, 02:10 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 19,815
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Celestial Couch Potatoes (John Horgan & George Johnson)

I want to thank everyone here for their heartening and generous comments -- a fine gift on an otherwise difficult Christmas Eve. I also want to thank Bob Wright, Sang Ngo, David Killoren, Brian...
Forum: Diavlog comments 04-09-2011, 12:15 PM
Replies: 124
Views: 24,646
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Complexity All the Way Down (John Horgan & George Johnson)

I am glad that your friend discovered the Santa Fe Institute. It's an amazing place. The School of Advanced Research (formerly the School of American Research) is another wonderful resource. Also St....
Forum: Diavlog comments 12-25-2010, 08:17 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 5,480
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Christmas Optimism Edition

Right you are about the second number. There I misspoke.

George Johnson
http://talaya.net
Forum: Diavlog comments 12-25-2010, 01:23 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 5,480
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Christmas Optimism Edition

Thanks, as always, for watching. Do you have a link for the 110 billion figure?

George Johnson
http://talaya.net
Forum: Diavlog comments 12-25-2010, 01:15 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 5,480
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Christmas Optimism Edition (John Horgan & George Johnson)

Merry Christmas, all. My link to the population study didn't get posted:


How Many People Have Ever Lived?
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx

Also I...
Forum: Diavlog comments 08-28-2010, 02:59 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 7,839
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Radioactive Edition (John Horgan & George Johnson)

Thank you. Here is the study I was thinking of: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12644540?dopt=Citation. Ten-year lung cancer risk for smokers varied "from 15% for a 68-year-old man who has smoked...
Forum: Diavlog comments 08-28-2010, 02:43 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 7,839
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Radioactive Edition (John Horgan & George Johnson)

Sorry. I misspoke. What I meant to say is that about 8 percent of smokers get lung cancer. I'll double check that and ask for a correction to be posted.
Forum: Diavlog comments 10-10-2009, 11:25 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 13,756
Posted By George Johnson
Re: On lightning

That's right. According to one theory cosmic rays trigger a process called "runaway breakdown" and the x-rays are a signature of that.

George Johnson
http://talaya.net
Forum: Diavlog comments 10-10-2009, 11:20 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 13,756
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Kafkaesque Edition

Alex Dietz. I've edited the post to include the quote.

George
Forum: Diavlog comments 10-10-2009, 11:18 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 13,756
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Kafkaesque Edition

>Two sitting presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.

Thank you very much for clearing that up.

George Johnson
http://talaya.net
Forum: Diavlog comments 01-24-2009, 06:41 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 10,733
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Dancing with Dogs

Just for the record, that was John who said that.

George

George Johnson
http://talaya.net
Forum: Diavlog comments 01-24-2009, 12:55 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 10,733
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Reaction to George's anti-blog

Brendan,

Thank you for that. Your points are well taken. I do follow quite a few blogs. I think the ones you mention would fall into the category I described in my post:

"The higher quality...
Forum: Diavlog comments 12-22-2008, 11:08 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 28,761
Posted By George Johnson
Second Thoughts

That's a great line, and it captures how I felt listening to those remarks about science journalism. It's true, however, that I overreacted, and I'm sorry I called Abigail Smith's laboratory a...
Forum: Diavlog comments 08-23-2008, 03:27 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 11,287
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: Target Panic

Yikes, you're right. I meant to say "Kubla Khan."

osmium wrote on 08/23/2008 at 12:59 PM
Re: Science Saturday: Target Panic
Truly fantastic as usual. Isn't Ozymandias by Shelley, or did I...
Forum: Diavlog comments 07-19-2008, 10:28 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 17,200
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Science Saturday: The New Paradigm

Thank you all for your moral support. It means a lot. I am definitely in a phase where capital punishment for property crimes seems like a good idea. But I suspect it will pass.
Forum: Diavlog comments 01-05-2008, 04:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 11,747
Posted By George Johnson
Re: Pills

Yes, indeed. I hadn't noticed that John said he was a Republican. Ouch. And I misspoke early on when I said the universe is 13 billion miles instead of light-years in radius.
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