tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post2486748329155443258..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Doesn't Understand Basic EconomicsBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-64286029805386290712012-04-04T16:32:18.726-04:002012-04-04T16:32:18.726-04:00I think that the future will probably resemble the...I think that the future will probably resemble the Kevin Costner movie The Postman, complete with roving neo-fascists like the Holnists, but in the real world they'll probably be called Paulists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-82110326064902526192012-04-04T16:09:21.229-04:002012-04-04T16:09:21.229-04:00I'll admit that I was only passingly familiar ...I'll admit that I was only passingly familiar with the guy (the hazards of not watching much television). It never ceases to amaze me, however, that the media continues to turn to "experts" in every field who have no idea what they are talking about.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-33904561095193650482012-04-04T15:10:45.883-04:002012-04-04T15:10:45.883-04:00There are people inventing tomorrow like metal ban...There are people inventing tomorrow like metal bandits and cattle rustlers.irishwildeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653892284914268881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-46894044493851041302012-04-04T15:10:10.065-04:002012-04-04T15:10:10.065-04:00There is much out there that would provide an incr...There is much out there that would provide an incredible artistic medium actually, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, Mars's Valles Marineris, the bizarre twisted surface of Uranus's moon Miranda, and far beyond the Solar system who knows what incredible vistas and lands may exist on other planets, perhaps incredible and nigh unimaginable exotic life forms. <br />Although it doesn't matter because we'll never get there, certainly not in our lifetimes, perhaps not ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-82789799617087204392012-04-04T14:50:46.575-04:002012-04-04T14:50:46.575-04:00As a painter and printmaker, I've grown amused...As a painter and printmaker, I've grown amused by space enthusiasts who bring up artists and imply that there is so much to offer them out there.<br /><br />Like what? There are no people in outer space, no animals, no plants, no cities, no landscapes beyond craters, ALMOST NO LIGHT for cryin' out loud — which means no color. The sky (from a spaceship) is always the same: black.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809202917469138601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-55643871190722064862012-04-04T14:16:41.074-04:002012-04-04T14:16:41.074-04:00Constrained resource availability, a collapsing ec...Constrained resource availability, a collapsing ecosystem, a collapsing empire (as all other empires in history have collapsed)--all are taboo subjects; not for polite conversation or public discourse.John Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17222958547864356881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-43852034305846861932012-04-04T13:52:59.759-04:002012-04-04T13:52:59.759-04:00You should also be aware, in so far as I try to ke...You should also be aware, in so far as I try to keep up with research in various branches of science which interest me, that Neil deGrasse Tyson is GENERALLY clueless about science as well, and a techno-optimist besides.<br /><br />So, it's not just the economy he doesn't understand.<br /><br />And I guess that's why he's anointed himself as Mr. Popular Science to America's young people. He's on PBS on all the time. Enough said.<br /><br />-- DaveDave Cohenhttp://www.declineoftheempire.com/noreply@blogger.com