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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

It's out already

PZ Myers • 48 Comments (last page)

That City Pages article I just mentioned? It's already available online. It's titled "The Mad Scientist", for some reason. Mad? They call me mad? Will they still call me mad when my army of laser-armed death squids arise from the briny deep?

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#50328: QrazyQat — 11/22 at 05:31 PM
Well dude, "Peeved Scientist" just doesn't sell.

#50330: rew — 11/22 at 05:39 PM
Sly dog, you. I didn't even know until an announcement showed up in my email.

I've promised that you'll sign copies.

#50331: ekzept — 11/22 at 05:54 PM
i particularly liked the banner ad adorning the top of the page, at least when i viewed it: The Sex and So Much More Show.

it's at the Minneapolis Convention Center, BTW, if anyone cares to check it out.

i wonder if it's the kind of thing you bring a date to?

i also wonder if they cover squid fetishes.

#50334: — 11/22 at 06:03 PM
i also wonder if they cover squid fetishes.

Would that be fetishes of squid, or fetishes about squid?

#50336: ekzept — 11/22 at 06:14 PM
well, redbeardjim, fetishes with squid. not sure about those beaks, though ... .

#50337: — 11/22 at 06:16 PM
I want to know what research there is on squid sex fetishes. Someone must have thought to construct a study. Didn't one on ostritches win an IgNobel a few years ago?

#50338: — 11/22 at 06:28 PM
Great article! I'm going to show it to some folks around here. Kudos, Paul. You've done something truly remarkable, and it's great to see it getting recognition in the press. Your combination of active research, teaching and public outreach is inspirational. The cephalopod sex raises it to pure genius.

#50339: — 11/22 at 06:28 PM
Overall, pretty good article. I thought Behe got way too much ink at the outset (though some introduction highlighting the vapidity of the ID charlatans was certainly needed...).

For a Seattle father of three sons--who usually had enough to eat, but sometimes not a whole lot more!--I found PZ's "backstory" fascinating.

Thanks to all involved!

#50340: ekzept — 11/22 at 06:37 PM
very good, entertaining and informative article. much better than the drivvle that usually turns up after an interview by a journalist, something i've had a couple of experiences with.

it inspires the imagination.

indeed, a feverish mind conjurs a picture of PZ at the head of a torch-bearing, loud, and rowdy crowd marching up to the front of Congress and nailing a proclamation upon its doors.

#50342: ekzept — 11/22 at 06:39 PM
(oops. clicked on the wrong button.)

meant to add, that the attention paid by media to PZ and Pharyngula is well-earned, hard-earned, based upon days and days of writing. and i often wonder what goes on in the "back room" with the Pharyngula server. in addition to writing great stuff, and those great pictures, i suspect PZ is his own admin.

#50343: — 11/22 at 06:53 PM
What an incredible article, really intresting to read and its good background information you you too.

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"As with all of ID, the important thing is first to have the concept. Production can then follow as a matter of course.” -Dembski

#50347: Mikko Sandt — 11/22 at 07:10 PM
"Studying zebrafish: It sure beats debating creationists"

Priceless

#50349: — 11/22 at 07:28 PM
I'm honored PZ, you shared the cover with 3 of my little critters! I really need to paint you a squid.

#50350: — 11/22 at 07:30 PM
I only wish they'd have mentioned PZ's true birthplace as an anti-creationist warrior in Talk.Origins. But that was back in the dusty days of yore when Usenet ruled the world of online discourse, sad to say. They don't make nutcases like Ed Conrad anymore! Man! As! Old! As! Coal!

#50352: PZ Myers — 11/22 at 07:40 PM
It does mention that!

FOR ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS, PZ Myers has been among the fiercest, most public critics of the intelligent design movement. An early convert to the internet, he first embarked on the mission by posting on a Usenet group called Talkorigins.

I didn't have a thing to say about the cover, so it wasn't my doing to put them on there. I think they browsed through my little collection of logo graphics and just picked a few of the more arresting and interesting ones...so it's all to the credit of your art, OGeorge.

PZ Myers
Division of Science and Math
University of Minnesota, Morris

#50353: Mark Trodden — 11/22 at 07:46 PM
A nice article PZ. You should be proud of the track record that the article summarizes. Science needs many defenders, and it is people like you who have taken the lead, and who atrract, support and act as role models for so many others. Obviously I'm a fan. And even more obviously, I'm not on my own.

#50354: Reed A. Cartwright — 11/22 at 07:58 PM
I love that they quote Lucretius at the beginning.

#50355: — 11/22 at 08:09 PM
Congratulations, Professor Myers. Good interview.

Nicolette

#50356: — 11/22 at 08:32 PM
You totally rock in this article.

#50359: — 11/22 at 09:05 PM
Joe Meert (on Infidels) is disappointed: He thought you were taller, PZ.

RBH

#50360: — 11/22 at 09:20 PM
Methinks the journalist did a nice job of relating who you are, and what you are about. Congrats.

#50362: Eva Young — 11/22 at 09:28 PM
Great article.... It speaks volumes that your blog is third behind Powerline and Captain's Quarters. Your blog hasn't been promoted the way both of those have.

#50365: — 11/22 at 09:41 PM
That was a really good article. I'm glad it turned out well. I just wish it would have mentioned the fact that you are also an excellent science writer you are.

#50366: coturnix — 11/22 at 09:45 PM
This is an excellent article! Covers everything and gets everything right - no glitches to complain about. And it looks pretty, too. Congrats to you and kudos to the journalist who did such a good job.

#50372: arensb — 11/22 at 10:22 PM
I finally know what Z stands for. Yay! <does happy Kermit dance>

They don't make nutcases like Ed Conrad anymore! Man! As! Old! As! Coal!

By and large, you're right, but there's a teensy bit of hope for the younger generation. In particular, see Zoe's posts. In the past, she's claimed that there is no nitrogen in the ozone layer, and that 5/0 = 5, because there's nothing to divide 5 by, so it stays the same.

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