Asimov had Aids!

Foxnews ^ | 3/12/02 | metacognate

[Samwise]

LOL

[Scully]

Lots of things more important than intelligence.

Indeed there are...

[Dan Day]

QED. The signature of humanistic elitists is they always attract groupies who see intelligence as a good in itself and who become emotionally upset and engage in vicious personal attacks when someone points out that their idol is average at best.

Oh, for pete's sake -- you must be a troll, because only trolls can be so self-contradictory (in an attempt to get people aggravated by their illogic).

You started the personal attacks, son. Rather than discuss Asimov's life or works in a reflective manner, you chose to personally demean him, insult his fans, and show a lot of emotion in the way you expressed your anger and disgust.

Then you made patently ridiculous claims like "never learned a thing in his entire life." This is ludicrous. Maybe you're miffed because he didn't dedicate his life towards the sort of things *you* seem to feel are more important, but that's a different thing entirely from your laughable accusation that he "never learned a thing in his entire life." On the contrary, Asimov was amazingly knowledgeable on *dozens* of fields of study, and only a petulant child would try to deny that out of some strange anti-intellectual bigotry.

Your small-minded pettiness does you no credit. Don't try to write that off as *my* problem.

If you can't keep some shred of perspective in your rants, if you can't remain civil, and if you can't keep your own emotion out of it, then spare me your self-righteous arrogance.

In short, grow up.

I think your real problem is when folks consider anyone else (like Asimov) to be as smart as you believe yourself to be. Your posts here drip with an overtone of, "how dare that imposter get accolades when my own brilliance is so unappreciated."

[lentulusgracchus]

A lot of people have died from AIDS from tainted blood.

Rough trade scrounging up a few extra bucks on a weekend.....damn, what a loss! Nailed a Real Guy who loved life, science, and good-looking women, in no particular order.

Okay, will the gay lurkers who don't want AIDS patients identified and quarantined please step forward to defend their idiocy now? Remember the "privacy issue" argument? Sounds real compelling now, doesn't it? And the guy who gave that blood, whom else did he give AIDS to because he wasn't ID'd and stopped from giving blood?

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

." I liked Asimov until he totally mis-applied the Second Law of Thermodynamics in the evolution argument. I didn't know Aids was around in the early '80's and I have friends with transfusion Aids that aren't dying. No big deal. "

WOW! It is so hard to argue with the invincibly ignorant. But it is quite incredible that you believe that Isaac Asimov, a Professor of Biochemistry at Boston University for a good part of his life, failed to comprehend the most basic of physical laws.

And as for AIDs being "no big deal", let me know when YOU get it ( perhaps you will volunteer for a study, and be infected) and tell me again that it is "NO BIG DEAL"!

What a clown you must be- I'm very glad I don't have to deal with you in real life!!!

[metacognate]

He ddn't fail to comprehend it. He just didn't want to believe it. Probably just like you.

[metacognate]

PS. I am not interested in Aids, but I notice Magic Johnson is healthy

[GOPJ]

...he contracted the disease via tainted blood while undergoing a 1983 heart bypass operation.

Did YOU read the article you posted?

[Radix]

Dug this one up from 16 years ago.

I saw Asimov speak in Boston around 1976. He was a bit odd then in person, but I did read most of his Sci Fi, some several times.

[GOPJ]

I read most of his stuff years ago too... He was one of my favorites.

[Jim Noble]

Open heart surgery in metro NYC in 1983 was a very good way to get AIDS, there’s no reason at all to doubt the story.