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Michael Crichton: Fear and Complexity [State of Fear + Why Politicized Science is Dangerous]
Michael Crichton ^
| November 15, 2005
| Michael Crichton
Posted on 01/04/2006 7:49:59 AM PST by Tolik
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01/04/2006 7:50:03 AM PST
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Tolik
To: Lando Lincoln; quidnunc; .cnI redruM; Valin; King Prout; SJackson; dennisw; monkeyshine; ...
Nailed It!
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:51:13 AM PST
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Tolik
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:54:40 AM PST
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Tolik
To: Tolik
I have read the book and referred it to ALL my envirowacko friends, particularly friends of my college-age sons.
The impact is amazing. ;-
Facts twist the troubled mind.
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:56:41 AM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Tolik
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:59:54 AM PST
by
mnehring
(“Anybody who doesn’t appreciate what America has done and President Bush, let them go to hell”...)
To: Blueflag
A pretty good book, but more importantly:
CRICHTON CITES SOURCES!
When was the last time a "scientist" on the Crappy News NOTwork actually cited sources or actual "facts"?
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:04:43 AM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Tolik
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:05:14 AM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Blueflag
I picked it up in an airport a month ago and was very glad I did. Honestly, as a literature it is an average at best, but the factual stuff is great.
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:06:23 AM PST
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Tolik
To: Tolik
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:07:53 AM PST
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: Tolik
Loved State of Fear.
But somehow I doubt we'll be seeing it made into a movie any time soon.
In fact, I'd bet NONE of his books from now on will get any favorable publicity from the MSM.
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:12:30 AM PST
by
Breyean
To: Tolik
I read the book for the information, but I thought that as literature it was well below the average for Chrichton, who is not that great a writer at best.
Some of his plot devices, like a tsunami to wipe out the CA coast being started by an induced underwater landslide somewhere in Micronesia, make no sense at all. Such a tsunami would cause enormous damage in adjacent areas, but would be largely dissipated by the time it had crossed the entire Pacific, which is, as Michael points out elsewhere, large.
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01/04/2006 8:13:54 AM PST
by
Restorer
To: Tolik
In other words, we shouldn't listen when the government says, "We're only here to help you."
To: Tolik
"State of Fear" is an excellent book. I especially liked the part where the Hollyweird enviro-whacko "who plays the President on TV" gets eaten by cannibals.
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:15:04 AM PST
by
Alouette
(Neocon Zionist Media Operative)
To: Tolik
A great book! I also liked "Prey".
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:15:31 AM PST
by
Hoboto
(I blame Hippies.)
To: Tolik
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:15:50 AM PST
by
Termite_Commander
(Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
To: Tolik
A very long article, but well worth reading.
It ought to be required reading for many. In particular, I think anyone involved in making or implementing environmental policy.
Many of the actions described in the article are what have given environmentalists a bad reputation. I consider myself to be an environmentalist, but the name has such a bad connotation, due to so many of these bad decisions, that I'm reluctant to use it.
To: Tolik
BFLR = bump for later reading
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:18:29 AM PST
by
fishtank
To: Tolik
I attended Crichton's same lecture last year at the Smithsonian, which included the exact slides. He took some heat from the Leftist audience but stood his ground.
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:18:57 AM PST
by
kabar
To: Tolik
Outstanding post! Thank you thank you thank you!
!
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:19:10 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
To: Tolik
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posted on
01/04/2006 8:21:44 AM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
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