692: Kids are Dumb

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by mkl

No. He really was just a writer. He did not help make satellites. Satellites were not his idea. They existed, he just wrote about the idea that you could use them for communication relays. He didn't figure out any of the technical details, or make them. He just thought up the idea of how to use them to aid in communication. He wrote some papers about it, and about space travel in general.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd another reason why Wikipedia isn't valid, ESPECIALLY after someone's death.

Jesus - Who can believe that shit when everyone is aware of this stuff? There's a reason they locked Benoit's entry, as well as Irwins'

Originally Posted by Grapist

Oh wow! That is strange I just got to that part. It's like the output mode got switched by accident.

/acting as if he knows what he's talking about

gads, listening to it when it started was horrific, then when it stopped it's like when the dentist removes the drill. The pain just floaaaats away.

[Lin Floyd]

Just FYI, Arthur c. clarke had lots to do with satellites, in fact the geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometers above the equator is named The Clarke Orbit by the International Astronomical Union. He did not develop satellite tech, he figured out the wonders of the geostationary orbit. And he was one the three or four best science fiction writers who ever lived. 2001 the book is much better than the movie, and it is not his best by any means.

[Cretaceous Bob]

Originally Posted by Lin Floyd

Just FYI, Arthur c. clarke had lots to do with satellites, in fact the geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometers above the equator is named The Clarke Orbit by the International Astronomical Union. He did not develop satellite tech, he figured out the wonders of the geostationary orbit. And he was one the three or four best science fiction writers who ever lived. 2001 the book is much better than the movie, and it is not his best by any means.

Oh yeah, you certainly proved your point that Clarke did more than write about satellites.

Wait.

You didn't.

[mkl]

Originally Posted by matsie

I wasn't aware that you were no longer a scientist if you based your studies in theoretical sciences.

Well now you know. If you don't mind, pass the word on to Michael Bay that making Transformers does NOT make him a scientist either.

[Derekstar]

Originally Posted by matsie

I wasn't aware that you were no longer a scientist if you based your studies in theoretical sciences. Thank you for this clarification. I will now stop referring to theoretical scientists as scientists.

Just because he didn't work on a specific satellite does not mean he did not do any scientific research or WROTE SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS that furthered the theories behind satellite technology.

Exactly right. Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is an example of this. According to the logic expressed by many of the previous posters, any scientist who boarders on the philosophic is illegitimate. Including Einstein early in his life. It's alright to argue from this viewpoint, but be sure to know exactly what the consequences of such an argument is before you make it.