David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon@qoto.org
Astrobiologist, Author, Musician
Joined Nov 2022
My latest for Sky & Telescope. Obviously written before this latest balloon brouhaha. A reminder that if we're going to take seriously the possibility of alien technosignatures out there, we can't categorically dismiss finding them down here.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/cosmic-relief-david-grinspoon/et-on-earth/?fbclid=IwAR1ej794A7RkVPqVKG1dgPtOP2UOY9Zwu5amrJHOBiKTW5rU-iMQwABwOgs&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
What’s the over under on the puppy bowl?
This was fun!
Are Aliens Smarter Than Us? With Neil deGrasse Tyson and David Grinspoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaCmKcKxMK4
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Happy birthday to Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto in 1930 (when he was 24 years old).
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Recently enjoyed reading @sevensixfive ‘s excellent book, Space Forces, and now I’m seeing Cosmism references everywhere. I first learned of this Russian philosophy from @DrFunkySpoon , and I dig Scharmen’s exploration of it, as well as @margaret ‘s recent mention on her podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-two-when-women-were-computers-98843743/?cmp=web_share&embed=true
Holy strange mutualism Batman!
These plants don’t do photosynthesis, rather they steal food from the roots of other plants that do. And they rely on prehistoric bunnies to spread their seeds around!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/science/rabbit-parasite-plant-islands.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
College essay assignment: use ChatGPT to write an essay on the following topic. Print it out and, by hand, grade and critique the essay, showing where it is wrong(based on what we’ve learned in class), inadequate or where the writing is clichéd or otherwise less than excellent human quality.
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One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga, spewing volcanic material up to 58 km into the atmosphere.
Looking back at the eruption that shook the world
Looking back at the eruption that shook the world
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"the billionaires" and "the economy" are not the same thing
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You'd think a society so oriented around the good of "the economy" would stop to think about what a surge in deaths, decrease in life expectancy, wave of disability, let alone climate destabilization might mean for "the economy."
When some says "the economy" stop and think about what aspect of the economy they might mean, as well as their mental model of the feedback loops that impact the economy.
Oh this is not good. (If accurately reported)
Popular science communicator working as paid disinformation sellout for fossil fuel industry.
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BREAKING GOOD NEWS!!
O3 restoration shows we’re capable of “Planetary Intelligence”, acting on global scale to address global problems.
Now let’s get better at it.
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BREAKING GOOD NEWS!!
O3 restoration shows we’re capable of “Planetary Intelligence”, acting on global scale to address global problems.
Now let’s get better at it.
HAPPY 4/20!!!
(We reduce fractions around here…)
Heads up DC: the sky right now looks like it’s about to turn some fantastic color…
Can a planet, in some sense, think?
My talk "Planetary Intelligence - cognition as a factor in planetary evolution" is now online!
Given last month for Astrobiology & Planetary Exploration (APEX) seminars at UCL/Birkbeck. Scroll to the bottom for my talk.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/planetary-sciences/news-events/apex-seminar-recordings
Astrobiologist, Author, Musician
Joined Nov 2022
