tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post9046419232004943303..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: BIG NEWSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-67378186010694496082017-02-24T09:33:56.915-05:002017-02-24T09:33:56.915-05:00I guess that's why science fiction is a minor ...I guess that's why science fiction is a minor genre. There's no Anna Karenina, no<br />Oresteia, no King Lear, no Crime and Punishment, no Middlemarch in science fiction. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-61133570285434876452017-02-24T08:59:33.187-05:002017-02-24T08:59:33.187-05:00Because all science fiction is projection, not exp...Because all science fiction is projection, not exploration.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-85283379600526395932017-02-23T17:25:55.085-05:002017-02-23T17:25:55.085-05:00Maybe they have the mentality of a Trump voter or ...Maybe they have the mentality of a Trump voter or a of Ted Cruz voter or a of Le Pen voter or of those who don't vote, but get drunk and break car windshields after football games. <br /><br />Why do people always imagine that intelligent life on other planets is either especially wise or especially evil?s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-33987639085055506662017-02-23T16:54:47.486-05:002017-02-23T16:54:47.486-05:00If they're there, they don't want nothing ...If they're there, they don't want nothing to do with us. Believe me. Paul Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548174144965259259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-38517320250919864972017-02-23T16:15:24.023-05:002017-02-23T16:15:24.023-05:00Good grief. I think you are right. So much for T...Good grief. I think you are right. So much for TV references! Rats.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-63948352809326853862017-02-23T15:12:16.865-05:002017-02-23T15:12:16.865-05:00What is going on on the 4th rock from the sun? I...What is going on on the 4th rock from the sun? Isn't that Mars? : )Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-33709983666087609932017-02-23T14:43:28.310-05:002017-02-23T14:43:28.310-05:00Given the amount of oppression and violence that m...Given the amount of oppression and violence that marks human history and that the kind of pacific and rational way of relating to one another that most of us in this blog represent seems to be a brief interlude in a lengthy story of brutality and stupidity (as we see supposed progress revert back to who knows when with Trump in charge), I wouldn't expect to run into Noam Chomsky or Professor Wolff or Simone de Beauvoir as the typical inhabitant of another planet like the earth or even very many creatures who are in any way worthy of admiration.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68882964255674167302017-02-23T13:48:36.704-05:002017-02-23T13:48:36.704-05:00Wonder if Christ will appear on these planets to c...Wonder if Christ will appear on these planets to convert the primordial heathens?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-3673393399093712722017-02-23T12:32:00.946-05:002017-02-23T12:32:00.946-05:00Here's an artist's rendering of the puppy:...Here's an artist's rendering of the puppy: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170223.html. (N.B. - If you subscribe to the site, you'll get something that'll make your day, nearly every day.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com