tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post7276193877361222658..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: How to hypeJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-62863518562273259782011-02-05T23:22:33.451+00:002011-02-05T23:22:33.451+00:00Don't you understand? It's not the sun up ...Don't you understand? It's not the sun up in the sky. It's the Son of God.Lt Uhuranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-2318762538193547202011-02-04T00:23:07.590+00:002011-02-04T00:23:07.590+00:00Yes, the world starts ending this April or May and...Yes, the world starts ending this April or May and is finished ending by winter solstice of 2012 CE.<br /><br />I thought everybody knew that.<br /><br />;-)David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-86836144753354584802011-02-04T00:15:33.856+00:002011-02-04T00:15:33.856+00:00This site wins though, as, as it puts it, it could...This site wins though, as, as it puts it, it <i>could</i> happen in 2012 (or in another million years, but here's something about the Mayan calendar anyway):<br /><br />http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/21/will-the-earth-have-two-suns-by-2012Joelhttp://blog.motheyes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-46895044372716603172011-02-03T22:27:04.598+00:002011-02-03T22:27:04.598+00:00Roger, I think by now that it isn't a matter o...Roger, I think by now that it isn't a matter of arts graduates not understanding, it is a matter of churnalism, as James says. What this means is that you have fewer staff producing more news, so all newspapers and TV relies upon the same small spout of news from the wires and internet, and under pressure to reformulate every story in the standard manner. So it wouldn't matter if a cosmology graduate was employed, since they'd have to write the correct kind of rubbish, not an actual useful interesting story. <br /><br />I used to blame the arts/ science split myself, but see now that it is unimportant compared to the commercialism. <br /><br />See "Flat earth news" by Nick Davies for more information and case studies in media insanity.guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-6390189280734047912011-02-03T21:50:07.038+00:002011-02-03T21:50:07.038+00:00Wow. That is one of the worst astronomy articles ...Wow. That is one of the worst astronomy articles I've ever seen. How very depressing it is that for most people, science is filtered through an arts-dominated media before it gets to them. CP Snow is more relevant than ever these days, I think.RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858934058244484435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-3642401518998281132011-02-03T09:14:20.075+00:002011-02-03T09:14:20.075+00:00Fairly typical churnalism.
More here:
http://blo...Fairly typical churnalism.<br /><br />More here:<br /><br />http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/21/betelgeuse-and-2012/<br /><br />http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/24/betelgeuse-followup/skankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584908320777937193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-60610061737619117202011-02-03T01:12:20.691+00:002011-02-03T01:12:20.691+00:00fucknell, the only thing i'd seen of this (hil...fucknell, the only thing i'd seen of this (hilariously overblown) story was in the Mail. nice to see the torygraph living up to its standards...lignenoreply@blogger.com