Comments on: The Amazing Meeting 5 Recap, Part 1 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/ by Hemant Mehta Sat, 26 May 2012 02:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Friendly Atheist » My Phil Plait Story http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-38647 Friendly Atheist » My Phil Plait Story Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:56:32 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-38647 [...] This was very exciting. As far as science bloggers go, Phil’s at the top of the pack. He even included a short message saying hello and that we had met at The Amaz!ng Meeting. That was true– I met him earlier this year. We didn’t really talk, so I was surprised he remembered me, but that made the Facebook add even better! [...] [...] This was very exciting. As far as science bloggers go, Phil’s at the top of the pack. He even included a short message saying hello and that we had met at The Amaz!ng Meeting. That was true– I met him earlier this year. We didn’t really talk, so I was surprised he remembered me, but that made the Facebook add even better! [...]

]]> By: MTran http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4488 MTran Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:21:03 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4488 Thanks for your report. The snippets of conversation are great, especially your reply about qualifications for the SkepDude calendar. Thanks for your report. The snippets of conversation are great, especially your reply about qualifications for the SkepDude calendar.

]]> By: FriendlyAtheist http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4480 FriendlyAtheist Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:42:53 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4480 Susan-- I wish I could give you a good answer. The line stuck out to me. The context did not. Perhaps someone who was also at TAM5 can comment on this... -- Hemant Susan– I wish I could give you a good answer. The line stuck out to me. The context did not. Perhaps someone who was also at TAM5 can comment on this…

– Hemant

]]> By: Allison http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4467 Allison Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:47:27 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4467 It was great to meet you at TAM. I have to mention another favorite quote of mine from Peter Sagal, <blockquote>All my life I've been surrounded by cool people or geeks. You all (the audience) are the best of both worlds, you're wearing the leather pants AND the IT t-shirt.</blockquote> Looking forward to seeing you in the next Scepti-dudes calendar. It was great to meet you at TAM. I have to mention another favorite quote of mine from Peter Sagal,

All my life I’ve been surrounded by cool people or geeks. You all (the audience) are the best of both worlds, you’re wearing the leather pants AND the IT t-shirt.

Looking forward to seeing you in the next Scepti-dudes calendar.

]]> By: Susan http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4450 Susan Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:44:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/01/23/the-amazing-meeting-5-recap-part-1/#comment-4450 Sounds like it was a wonderful experience! I'm jealous…maybe the next one… I'm terribly curious about the context of the quote by Niel Gershenfeld about computer science. On the one hand, if he's talking about computer science as a field, then I want to see some *excellent* justification for that statement, because it sounds like a load of nonsense to me. On the other hand, if he's talking about the use of the word "science", then I probably agree entirely. The field known as "computer science" is really a combination of engineering and mathematics, and the use of the word science *is* misleading. So what did he actually mean by that statement? Sounds like it was a wonderful experience! I’m jealous…maybe the next one…

I’m terribly curious about the context of the quote by Niel Gershenfeld about computer science. On the one hand, if he’s talking about computer science as a field, then I want to see some *excellent* justification for that statement, because it sounds like a load of nonsense to me. On the other hand, if he’s talking about the use of the word “science”, then I probably agree entirely. The field known as “computer science” is really a combination of engineering and mathematics, and the use of the word science *is* misleading. So what did he actually mean by that statement?

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