11 Responses to “Geek Pop Playlist - July”  

1. 1 Jim on Jul 22nd, 2009 said:

   Kudryavka = Laika’s original name, means little curly haired one… Nice

   Dennis Nedry was played by Wayne Knight

   Cillian Murphy played both Scarecrow and the physicist (Capa) in Sunshine

   Bit late for research though…

2. 2 Doug on Jul 22nd, 2009 said:

   Very entertaining, and tres informative. Although so much like having you all here in the room that I did start talking to you at a few points.

   Question about She Blinded Me With Science, yes there’s biology and chemistry, but what about physics - the most important of the sciences?

   Perhaps we can weasel in a point for Law of Attraction?

3. 3 geekpop on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   “The most important of the sciences,” he says. Tuh.

4. 4 Jim on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   Methinks he is biased… Although chemistry is the boringest of the sciences, and nobody is going to put biology in charge of anything, so grudgingly I think Doug is right

5. 5 Posie on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   Er. Maths?

   http://xkcd.com/435/

6. 6 Doug on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   Maths is too lofty for it’s own good. You need a little physics in the mix to bring the fun.

7. 7 Colin Stuart on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   Well said Jim. Chemistry is about as dry as the Antarctic and the thought of biological world domination is enough to give anyone the jitters.

   Good old reductionism says that all biology is chemistry and all chemistry is physics. Instead I prefer to think of Physics the great monarch of The Kingdom of Science with Maths sat beside his mighty throne as a somewhat naggy but wholly neccessary Queen

8. 8 Colin Stuart on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   Argghhh… just committed the ultimate writers crime…. Spelling necessary with TWO c’s. Humble apologies

9. 9 geekpop on Jul 23rd, 2009 said:

   @Colin Stuart: The Antarctic might be dry now, but given that it holds 90% of the Earth’s ice, it’s going to be awfully wet when climate change really sets in… chemistry could be due a renaissance.

10. 10 Jim on Jul 26th, 2009 said:

    Does that make social science some sort of court jester that everyone laughs at?

11. 11 westius on Jul 28th, 2009 said:

    guys - just grabbed this podcast, great stuff - I loved the banter and the songs, really enjoyed it - looking forward to the next one

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