Jul 12 2012

Hello, Washington DC and CFI!

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I’m going to be doing a bit of traveling again starting in August. I’ll be in Washington DC on the 18th, to do a fundraiser lunch for CFI-DC, and I’ll also be doing a talk later that afternoon. The talk title is “Life is Chemistry“, and I’ll be explaining why material causes are sufficient to explain this phenomenon we call life — no ghosts, spirits, souls, or magic Frankensteins in the sky to make it all happen.

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jonnyscaramanga

12 July 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That sounds like an awesome talk. We need to raise funds for a PZ UK tour. Or maybe just get someone to stick it on YouTube.
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Setár, self-appointed Elf-Sheriff of the FreethoughtBlogs Star Chamber

12 July 2012 at 11:06 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Damn it, CHEMISTRY?

There must be video. I need to see that talk.
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Brownian

12 July 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I like the idea of a Magic Frankenstein being responsible for life, and that Frankenstein of course being made up of parts of no-longer-living things. Those no-longer-living things would have had to have been created by a previous Magic Frankenstein, who was made up of earlier, no-longer-living things. How wonderfully recursive!

Turtles all the way down? Close.

It’s actually just their Shelleys.
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chigau (女性)

12 July 2012 at 11:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster.
/being pedantic as punish for ment the Shelley joke
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Brownian

12 July 2012 at 11:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster.

Yes, of course. Irregardless, who made the doctor?
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chigau (女性)

12 July 2012 at 11:43 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Irregardless, who made the doctor?

Her mommy and daddy?
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melody

12 July 2012 at 11:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

We can’t wait to see you, PZ!
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Brownian

12 July 2012 at 11:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You have a lot to learn about theology, chigau.
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chigau (女性)

12 July 2012 at 12:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You have a lot to learn about theology, chigau.

No, I don’t. And you can’t make me.
—
On topic.
For a $60 lunch, I’d expect PZ to serve me himself ;)
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Brownian

12 July 2012 at 12:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

For a $60 lunch, I’d expect PZ to serve me himself ;)

Like the cow from the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

“And here you are, Chigau, a nice cut of my own haunch in peppercorn sauce, medium-rare. Be sure to save room for dessert: today I’m serving a nice cobbler, seasoned with bits from my own—on second thought, I don’t recommend the dessert. It’s gross.”

[Limps away.]
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melody

12 July 2012 at 12:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

For a $60 lunch, I’d expect PZ to serve me himself ;)

FYI: The lunch is at one of the best Italian restaurants in town. The food is amazing. Plus, it’s a fundraiser. However, I do expect PZ to twirl my pasta around my fork for me.
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chigau (女性)

12 July 2012 at 12:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Brownian.
~~eewww~~ Exactly!
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Owlmirror

12 July 2012 at 12:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The talk title is “Life is Chemistry“,

Since reductionism came up in TZT, remember to beware greedy reductionism.
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allencdexter

12 July 2012 at 2:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

What happened to the why I’m an atheist postings? I particularly enjoy those and looked for them every day. Did you cut them out and I somenow missed the announcement?
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onion girl, OM; social workers do it with paperwork

12 July 2012 at 5:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Siroc is absolutely amazing. Looking forward to seeing you, PZ!