Thank you Peter for this article.
re.:
Of course, any scientist can be charged as Galileo was charged. I just never
thought I'd see the Scientific American in the role of mother church.
When I was 18-19, I had a teacher who, having collaborated with the
Scientific American knew much of what was going on in the background of the
magazine and she quoted directly with references and hidden interests. And
we have to remember that the Scientific American was the best and most
serious scientific journal at the time.
Crichton also has some good points on ET's and Company.
I remember when they opened the Museum of Natural Sciences here in Bolzano,
the director gave a speech that I am sure Crichton would applaude. He
practically showed how environmentalists were limited in their views when we
consider the earth from a geological point of view with its various ages and
transformations.
Not to talk of cigarettes.
This does not prevent me from teaching the respect for nature and the
environment, to recycle or to look for alternative energy. But if you wish
to know what I think of all what is going on, I think politics has a heavy
hand in it all. Be it from one side or the other, and their policy is to
terrorize people. Unluckily. Fact is that people do not believe any more in
anything. We will see how things will develop.
My regards, Anny
From: "Peter Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 10:22 PM
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Alison Croggon wrote...
>
> >On 4/1/05 5:49 AM, "Anny Ballardini" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> I unluckily watched _The day after tomorrow_, so if on one side
Crichton is
> >> not a good writer, the movie is quite a silly story. I would not
support it,
> >> objectively.
> >
> >I believe the movie is fairly nonsensical. Climate change isn't, sadly.
>
> You probably all know this, but in case you don't, Crichton gave a much-
> cited lecture called "Aliens cause global warming" a couple of years
> ago. The text is here (amongst many other places):
>
> http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html
>
> The lecture is interesting and provocative, and I suspect many here will
> disagree vehemently with what it says. But Crichton does make some
> pertinent points about the sociology and process of science.
>
> I know nothing about the novel or the movie, except what I've read here.
> But from what I've read here, it may be interesting to see how the
> lecture informs the movie.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Peter
>
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