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Re: Pat,
I did get some great stuff from my dad, for which I am very appreciative. He did some great stuff for the community, even the world. As to the rest... he didn't have a clue about children, and didn't want one. I think he thought psychology was a crock, had no use for it.
posted by
Ciel
on May 21, 2014 at 8:36 PM
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Re: Kabu,
I think it is evidence of a magnetic field. They never suspected aliens. Though, when pulsars were first detected, Playboy Magazine asked him that same question. Pulsars are very powerful repeating bursts of electromagnetic energy and someone thought at the time that an intelligent source might be behind it. His answer was that they were way too powerful to be anything but natural, and the regularity has simple natural explanations do with orbits and revolutions. Wait... he was also interviewed that same week by the National Enquirer--I think it was their question.
I think Playboy was interested simply in alien life and visiting extraterrestrials. Dad's opinion on that was, Why would anyone bother? Distances are so vast, and crossing them so expensive in energy as well as time, why would anyone invest in such a trip?
My opinion was that he doesn't know what motivates aliens. He doesn't know what science of travel they might have that we have never dreamed of. And the thing about aliens is... they are alien.
posted by
Ciel
on May 21, 2014 at 8:26 PM
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That is really neat there.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 21, 2014 at 6:48 PM
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Amazing....I have never heard of this nor do I really understand it. Is it something like from metal or something or were they thinking Aliens!!!
posted by
Kabu
on May 21, 2014 at 6:13 PM
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Ciel
I love it! This is a perfect example of the puzzle-solving aspect of science! But I do understand your ambivalence...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 21, 2014 at 12:05 PM
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Wow! That you remember something from such a young age is so
cool! And your dad's curiosity and intelligence have clearly passed down to you and to
the amazing Charlie who's so creative. Loved the article about his discovery, too.
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Pat_B
on May 21, 2014 at 10:57 AM
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Re: CCT,
Lot of mixed feelings there: great scientist, not so smart as a father.
She didn't want him to take the chance, he figured he was immortal. A year later, she was gone, he continued to be right all the time for another 50 years or so.
The early arrays were not as exciting as the one at Arrecibo, I think it is, or the Very Large Array somewhere in Arizona.
posted by
Ciel
on May 21, 2014 at 10:41 AM
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Well you can't be twenty nine all your life Ciel, yes I bet your mum did a little rave, I don't think I would have wanted to walk those wires without a companion . Pioneers have to take chances one supposes. The wires look a bit bleak. You should have been proud of him.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 21, 2014 at 10:34 AM
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