Comments on: Tales from the Tubes — 13/10/09 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/10/tales-from-the-tubes-131009/ A sanctuary for young free-thinkers Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:59:20 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/10/tales-from-the-tubes-131009/comment-page-1/#comment-8366 Richard Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:18:16 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=4600#comment-8366 I noticed that too, Luke, but as Sean said - this isn't a random, it's a reasonably well respected cosmologist. If I had to bet, I'd go with Einstein too...but I'm willing to say that unless something <em>blindingly</em> obvious has been overlooked with this, we'll learn something. Whether it's about our universe, our about our instrumentation, I'm not sure... I noticed that too, Luke, but as Sean said — this isn’t a random, it’s a reasonably well respected cosmologist. If I had to bet, I’d go with Einstein too…but I’m willing to say that unless something blindingly obvious has been overlooked with this, we’ll learn something. Whether it’s about our universe, our about our instrumentation, I’m not sure…

]]> By: Luke Weston http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/10/tales-from-the-tubes-131009/comment-page-1/#comment-8361 Luke Weston Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:16:22 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=4600#comment-8361 Of course, that general relativity thing is based solely on an ArXiv submission, so it should be treated with extreme skepticism until some real peer-review process has been applied. Of course, that general relativity thing is based solely on an ArXiv submission, so it should be treated with extreme skepticism until some real peer-review process has been applied.

]]> By: Bing http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/10/tales-from-the-tubes-131009/comment-page-1/#comment-8346 Bing Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:41:56 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=4600#comment-8346 That Mythbusters clip was something that I had privately been wishing for. The one I imagine is one where the MBs get flu vaccinations and then find out that their bodies produce antibodies that prevent infection. And then at the end they blow up Jenny McCarthy. HJ That Mythbusters clip was something that I had privately been wishing for. The one I imagine is one where the MBs get flu vaccinations and then find out that their bodies produce antibodies that prevent infection. And then at the end they blow up Jenny McCarthy.

HJ

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