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PZ Myers at the Scripps
Category: Communicating science • Personal
Posted on: November 1, 2007 12:26 PM, by PZ Myers
While I'm here in San Diego, I'll also be giving a talk/hosting a discussion at the Scripps Institute on Friday at 3:00. The title is:
Sharing science: education, activism, and advocacy
I'm planning on telling the attendees the secret to getting a million visits per month to their blogs. No, actually — I'm going to discuss and justify diverse approaches to getting the public engaged in science issues, and I plan to mention both what I consider to be successes (but which may not change the wider conversations) and failures (which even so are of value). And it's open to the public! Come on down to Vaughn 100 on the Scripps Institution of Oceanograph (map), and join in the conversation.
Education & Careers
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Wish I could be there, PZ, but I'll be at work then. Are you still thinking about having some sort of informal get-together while you're in San Diego?
Posted by: Dave Carlson | November 1, 2007 1:17 PM
Try to be a little more precise about "Scripps Institution" if you would. The Scripps family has funded a very wide diversity of things in SD over the decades including the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (which is a unit of UCSD) and The Scripps Research Institute (independent not-for-profit research); people have a tendency to get confused over these two in particular.
SIO has the better view so good on choosing that one...
Posted by: BikeMonkey | November 1, 2007 1:38 PM
I thought I should share this: The Discovery Institute responded to something I wrote, and in the process the author (after saying the designer could be anyone, not necessarily God) let slip that the designer's identity is a theological problem!
http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2007/11/discovery-institute-responds.html
I hope some of PZ's million readers will help document this inadvertent admission, before they get a chance to realize what they've done and change the web page!
Posted by: James McGrath | November 1, 2007 1:43 PM
I'm just really glad you were able to go. How's the air quality?
Posted by: MikeM | November 1, 2007 2:18 PM
OT, but the verdict has come down in the Westboro Baptist case:
plaintiffs awarded 11 mill.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071101/29920_Westboro_Baptist_Cult_Slammed_with_$10.9M_Fine_for_Funeral_Protest.htm
Posted by: Ichthyic | November 1, 2007 6:03 PM
I linked to that in the Halloween thread last night and nobody noticed. That story made my day.
Posted by: Dustin | November 1, 2007 6:06 PM
Aw man! Too bad I won't be there until Saturday. Let us know if there's a get together planned.
Posted by: DrBadger | November 1, 2007 6:14 PM
I linked to that in the Halloween thread last night and nobody noticed.
yes, I see you did. I didn't notice it either, probably because there wasn't an explanation of what the link was for.
Posted by: Ichthyic | November 1, 2007 6:15 PM
You should really have more faith in my unbridled awesomeness.
Posted by: Dustin | November 1, 2007 6:18 PM
Dustin, Ichthyic, I beat both of you.
Take THAT!
(#72 in "Interesting Discussions...")
I take this as proof positive that I'm in your killfiles. For this, I congratulate you both for having excellent taste.
Good job, guys!
Posted by: MikeM | November 1, 2007 6:30 PM
Faith? We don't got no stinkin' faith around here. You sure you're one of us? ;-)
Posted by: JohnnieCanuck, FCD | November 1, 2007 6:30 PM
And how about this?
Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olson are dating.
As in, yes, as a matter of fact, he IS old enough to be her father.
Say it ain't so!!
Posted by: MikeM | November 1, 2007 6:37 PM
Yeah, I saw that headline. I'm not allowed to read those gossip stories or my codger quotient takes a hit.
Posted by: Dustin | November 1, 2007 6:41 PM
You should really have more faith in my unbridled awesomeness.
lol
hey I thought your post was about the Great Pumpkin.
Posted by: Ichthyic | November 1, 2007 6:42 PM
Another OT:
Finalists for the 2007 Weblogs Awards:
A very close thing for Pharyngula, but maybe PZ will have better luck next year.
Posted by: fred | November 1, 2007 7:39 PM
I hear she's having a ball...
Posted by: thalarctos | November 1, 2007 8:05 PM
Yeah, the twins are dinky little things. Being anorexic and under treatment for it doesn't help matters any. Fact is, even a young lady of 21 can look a lot like a 13 year old girl.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | November 1, 2007 10:09 PM
Fact is, even a young lady of 21 can look a lot like a 13 year old girl.
those two give me the "willies".
*shudder*
Posted by: Ichthyic | November 1, 2007 10:12 PM
I realize much of your blog already meets this request, but if you have some sort of transcript or at least an outline of the talk, please post it.
Posted by: Jake | November 1, 2007 11:37 PM
PZ - Welcome to our (cough) beautiful city. Luckily we've had a number of days of onshore flow, lest everything still smell like a campfire.
Even with the smoke and soot I'm proud of this place, for many reasons, not the least of which was the outpouring of support for those who lost homes to the fires last week. The smoke, and the people, both bring tears to my eyes.
I hope I can find a way to sneak over to SIO tomorrow and meet you. I have a good friend who works there and your lecture would be a great excuse to go say hello.
Posted by: Don | November 2, 2007 12:45 AM