PZ Myers. 2005 Nov 22. It's out already. <http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/its_out_already/>. Accessed 2008 Dec 04.
Posted on M00o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr on Tuesday, November 22, 2005
It's out already
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?
- Well dude, "Peeved Scientist" just doesn't sell.
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Sly dog, you. I didn't even know until an announcement showed up in my email.
I've promised that you'll sign copies. -
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?
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i also wonder if they cover squid fetishes.
Would that be fetishes of squid, or fetishes about squid?#: Posted by on 11/22 at 06:03 PM - well, redbeardjim, fetishes with squid. not sure about those beaks, though ... .
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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?
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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.
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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!#: Posted by on 11/22 at 06:28 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. -
(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. -
What an incredible article, really intresting to read and its good background information you you too.
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"Studying zebrafish: It sure beats debating creationists"
Priceless
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I'm honored PZ, you shared the cover with 3 of my little critters! I really need to paint you a squid.
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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!
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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. -
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.
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I love that they quote Lucretius at the beginning.
#: Posted by Reed A. Cartwright on 11/22 at 07:58 PM
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Congratulations, Professor Myers. Good interview.
Nicolette#: Posted by on 11/22 at 08:09 PM -
You totally rock in this article.
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Joe Meert (on Infidels) is disappointed: He thought you were taller, PZ.
RBH#: Posted by on 11/22 at 09:05 PM -
Methinks the journalist did a nice job of relating who you are, and what you are about. Congrats.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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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. -
The Z of course, is for ZaphodBeeblebrox.
#: Posted by Federico Contreras on 11/22 at 10:56 PM
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Two opposable thumbs up, PZ! What, they didn't say you were a mod in IIDB's evo vs. cre forum? I'm crushed!
#: Posted by Heathen Dan on 11/22 at 11:05 PM
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I definitly enjoyed the peak into your world. It was a decent article, but I honestly never knew that anyone actually wore sweater vests anymore.
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Nice to see a press article about a scientist fighting the good fight -- even better that it's you. ("PZ Myers, Two-Fisted Biologist in: The Mystery of the Missing Designer!") In either case, it's a great piece: well-scripted with an excellent story at the core. Nice photo, too -- that's one handsome squid.
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- I just realised I've been pronouncing your name wrong all along -- you're not Pee Zed, you're Pee Zee. This knowledge is hard for me to accept.
- That's a really fair, well-written, sympathetic article...quite a rarity in today's world. Congratulations!
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Very nice article ... congrats!
Are the marbles (in the tank in the 2nd picture) there for show, or do you use them as a gravel replacement? -
Wolfangel
Facts be damned, he's Pee Zed to us down under. Did you see the Discovery Institute has linked to the article? Nah - I'm just yanking your chain, of course they haven't!#: Posted by on 11/23 at 01:45 AM -
wow!, i'm so proud. one thing i have to ask though, didn't you get to proof-read the story first? i mean i don't know much about biology, but i do know who your daddy is. otherwise, great story. you had better send us all copies.
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'He's not a mad scientist, he's merely a very upset engineer.' - Miles Vorkosigan
One of my current projects involves the creation of a poster bearing a picture of Gene Wilder from Young Frankenstein with the motivational phrase, 'They'll stop laughing once you've shown them all.'#: Posted by on 11/23 at 04:01 AM -
Yes, nice article. About the sweater vest- best way to keep warm and still be able to roll up your sleeves.
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It's titled "The Mad Scientist", for some reason.
I think it's punning on the American use of mad=angry. You're mad as hell and you're not going to take it anymore, geddit?#: Posted by on 11/23 at 06:12 AM -
It's a good article -- congrats.
#: Posted by Wally Whateley on 11/23 at 06:16 AM
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Congratulations! What an excellent piece - and a well-deserved accolade. To be able to write as vividly and passionately about science - and other things - as you do is a rare gift.
You'd better watch out, you know, the gap left by the loss of Carl Sagan hasn't really been filled yet...#: Posted by on 11/23 at 06:18 AM -
Yeah, vairitas, there were a few things that were a little off in my early biography...but since that wasn't the focus of the article, and none of the errors were at all damaging, I wasn't going to worry about it.
The marbles are there for egg collection. Zebrafish are cannibals and their eggs are demersal, so the marbles let eggs slip to the bottom while also hindering the adults from eating them.
PeeZee, PeeZed, Paul, Hey You, they all work.
Sweater vests are good. Layers. It gets cold up here, you know. -
It's not so bad being called a MAD SCIENTIST. LOL
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'They'll stop laughing once you've shown them all.'
Sounds cool, NBarnes. Where can I get a copy?#: Posted by on 11/23 at 07:05 AM -
Sounds cool, NBarnes. Where can I get a copy?
I second the motion!
Will they still call me mad when my army of laser-armed death squids arise from the briny deep?
Lasers? Why bother with lasers when you've got such overwhelmingly powerful melee specialists like Mesonychoteuthis?:
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Mesonychoteuthis&contgroup=Cranchiidae
Just fit 'em with titanium hooks instead of that obsolete chitin and I'm sure they could shred tanks. They'd make great assassins, too... =)
Wolfangel, if you're still around, I've been meaning to ask: Where did that come from? As in, your name, the "a wolf angel is not a good angel" line, etc. Your original creation? It sounds like it'd be from an intriguing story or legend, rather like Coyote stories with teeth.#: Posted by on 11/23 at 09:57 AM - What, no pirates?
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That article was just so darn... respectful, I guess is the right word. Seemed almost jarring.
Congrats on some well deserved recognition.#: Posted by on 11/23 at 10:38 AM -
From the article:
The complex arrangement of parts proves that the mousetrap was designed by some intelligent being. In Behe's view, all sorts of other biological mechanisms—the mechanisms that allow people to talk, that enable bacteria to swim in petri dishes—cannot be accidental or random.
One of those words doesn't belong. The realization that mousetraps do not reproduce biologically is important to understanding why they are not a good analogy for things that do.#: Posted by on 11/23 at 11:55 AM -
Good article! Nice picture but you need crazy white hair and a lab coat with test tubes and weird electrical stuff in the background to be a real mad scientist.
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I just learned of you from Trish Wilson's blog. Thank goodness you exist! Oh, bless your heart.
Also, I would like to join your squid army, when the time comes. You have my email address.
