January 6, 2004
Michael Crichton's Caltech Michelin Lecture "Aliens Cause Global Warming"
Michael Reed pestered me for a couple of days to read Michael Crichton's Caltech Michelin Lecture "Aliens Cause Global Warming", and I'm very glad I did. Crichton's polemic is an uncommonly clear warning against the phenomenon of "consensus science" in America. Lysenkoism is still alive and well... and in America now.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at January 6, 2004 1:37 PM | TrackBackSorry, hope it wasn't too much of a pester :-)
But I am very glad you did read it, and found it worthwhile. I particularly think it is important because Crichton can be quite influential, and I believe he has mentioned that his next book will incorporate some of the themes covered in this lecture.
Posted by: Michael Reed on January 6, 2004 5:10 PMNo, it was actually the perfect amount of pester!
What's Crichton's next book about?
Posted by: Russell Whitaker on January 6, 2004 9:20 PMHe didn't say specifically. I saw that he mentioned it in the "Speeches" section of his website--http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/index.html--and, where, it appears, that he has now removed that speech temporarily. So, make sure you save a copy!
Posted by: Michael Reed on January 7, 2004 12:29 AMWhat a bunch of knuckleheads! Do you folks eat your own children?
Posted by: shifty on December 9, 2004 12:59 PM