Comments on: Coming to the defence of the indefensible http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Helen http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-16 Helen Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:42:49 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-16 <p>She does indeed swallow it whole....except that first she puts it in 10 volumes of water, and then...shaky shaky shaky.....shaky shaky shaky.....shaky shaky shaky...then another ten volumes of water...shaky shaky....you get the idea... And apparently it makes the science all the more potent!</p> <p>So really we ought to bow down to her l33t science knowledge.</p> She does indeed swallow it whole….except that first she puts it in 10 volumes of water, and then…shaky shaky shaky…..shaky shaky shaky…..shaky shaky shaky…then another ten volumes of water…shaky shaky….you get the idea… And apparently it makes the science all the more potent!

So really we ought to bow down to her l33t science knowledge.

]]> By: Dougal http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-15 Dougal Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:29:09 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-15 <p>Andy, I have to bow to your superior interpretive skills in this matter. How could I have been so foolish? :) Whe you put it like that it seems to obvious.</p> <p>Liz, I'm glad you enjoyed it!</p> <p>Angie, it's true - maybe she donates them to the animal rescue centre to line the rabbit hutches?</p> Andy, I have to bow to your superior interpretive skills in this matter. How could I have been so foolish? :) Whe you put it like that it seems to obvious.

Liz, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Angie, it’s true - maybe she donates them to the animal rescue centre to line the rabbit hutches?

]]> By: Angie http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-14 Angie Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:24:34 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-14 <p>Come on now, be fair! You have misinterpreted her here:</p> <p>"I take New Scientist every week and I am continually amazed at how the seemingly well-known physical world of ours is beginning to show itself as stranger than anyone imagined."</p> <p>Your interpretation : I read the articles in New Scientist which mention “quantum”, then sit back and think of Deepak Chopra.</p> <p>No, no, no NO! She never said she READ the New Scientist, she just 'takes' it....perhaps she swallows it whole, like the homeopathic rubbish that she has been given....!</p> Come on now, be fair! You have misinterpreted her here:

“I take New Scientist every week and I am continually amazed at how the seemingly well-known physical world of ours is beginning to show itself as stranger than anyone imagined.”

Your interpretation : I read the articles in New Scientist which mention “quantum”, then sit back and think of Deepak Chopra.

No, no, no NO! She never said she READ the New Scientist, she just ‘takes’ it….perhaps she swallows it whole, like the homeopathic rubbish that she has been given….!

]]> By: Liz Hare http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-13 Liz Hare Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:04:54 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-13 <p>All of it excellent. I've never heard of Deepak Chopra, so favourite line was 'homeopathist pay attention to me which means homeopathy works'.</p> All of it excellent. I’ve never heard of Deepak Chopra, so favourite line was ‘homeopathist pay attention to me which means homeopathy works’.

]]> By: Spurtman http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-12 Spurtman Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:31:57 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-12 <p>Bravo!</p> Bravo!

]]> By: Andy Lewis http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-11 Andy Lewis Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:50:41 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-11 <p>You have all misread Winterson. She is attacking homeopathy...</p> <p>http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/11/jeanette-winterson-in-blistering-attack.html</p> You have all misread Winterson. She is attacking homeopathy…

http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/11/jeanette-winterson-in-blistering-attack.html

]]> By: Dougal http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-10 Dougal Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:18:56 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-10 <p>Thanks Persiflage! I'm a big fan of the lolquacks, so I look forward to that. :-)</p> Thanks Persiflage! I’m a big fan of the lolquacks, so I look forward to that. :-)

]]> By: Persiflage http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-9 Persiflage Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:04:23 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-9 <p>Oh, bravo! I damn near had a coffee-over-keyboard moment when I came across; "I read the articles in New Scientist which mention “quantum”, then sit back and think of Deepak Chopra."</p> <p>That, dear sir, was comedy gold!</p> <p>You've inspired me; I'm going to have to do a Jeanette Winterson LOLquack, as soon as I can find a useable photo...</p> <p><em>applause</em></p> Oh, bravo! I damn near had a coffee-over-keyboard moment when I came across; “I read the articles in New Scientist which mention “quantum”, then sit back and think of Deepak Chopra.”

That, dear sir, was comedy gold!

You’ve inspired me; I’m going to have to do a Jeanette Winterson LOLquack, as soon as I can find a useable photo…

applause

]]> By: Ed Zuiderwijk http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible/#comment-8 Ed Zuiderwijk Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:27:21 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/coming-to-the-defence-of-the-indefensible#comment-8 <p>Isn't the real problem here that the newspaper which published her musings is run by arts and law graduates, who don't have a clue about scientific matters?</p> Isn’t the real problem here that the newspaper which published her musings is run by arts and law graduates, who don’t have a clue about scientific matters?

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