The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

[Dr. MD MD]

I'm pretty open minded but I have no idea what they're talking about. I don't even think they can really define what they're talking about. 

[CronkitesGhost]

i missed the Hoagie 'it's in the physics! it always is' moments.

[ShayP]

I'm pretty open minded but I have no idea what they're talking about. I don't even think they can really define what they're talking about. 

I'm right there with you.

[trostol]

I'm pretty open minded but I have no idea what they're talking about. I don't even think they can really define what they're talking about. 

i just said fuck it and put on TPB lol

[Dr. MD MD]

Hoagie just used the word grok 

[CronkitesGhost]

hoping he flips out soon and demands 'where's the data? we can talk all night doctor but a scientist must present data!'

was that the Beatles he just played?

[K_Dubb]

The vikings got around though I've not heard this theory before. Please listen and report on it. Too bad Bill is not a listener because he would have a theory about the Finns and Finno-Urgic theory of the Mayans.    (Didn't Heyerdahl*, a Norskie, not Swede have some Mayan theories?) The audio quality is so poor that I must retire and also to listen to a key college bb game.

* I so wish he was a guest with Art in the old days. Like on a Dreamland. Would've been epic.

They've veered away from it; hopefully will get back.  Heyerdahl was all about the reed boats of Titicaca; if he mentioned the Maya I haven't read it.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

OMG - he's blaming the braaps on not having a 19.5 subscription. LOL
Got to admit, that's a good spin there Hoagy. 

OZZY !

[ShayP]

Hoagie just used the word grok 

Hmmm...I had to look that up.

[ShayP]

Did You Know?

Grok may be the only English word that derives from Martian. Yes, we do mean the language of the planet Mars. No, we're not getting spacey; we've just ventured into the realm of science fiction. "Grok" was introduced in Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. The book's main character, Valentine Michael Smith, is a Martian-raised human who comes to earth as an adult, bringing with him words from his native tongue and a unique perspective on the strange, strange ways of earthlings. "Grok" was quickly adopted by the youth culture of America and has since peppered the vernacular of those who grok it, from the hippies of the '60s to the computerniks of the '90s.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

"Torsion Field ."   

Cheers  (drink)     

[ShayP]

was that the Beatles he just played?

I only heard a bit.  I thought it was the Monkeys.  Not sure.

[=Schlyder=]

Grok -  to gain deep knowledge of a specific topic.

[AlternativeSide]

It's all in the geometry,,

[ShayP]

I really don't want Hoagie to incorporate 'grok' into his vernacular.   

[=Schlyder=]

Gordie Howe

[CronkitesGhost]

"Torsion Field ."   

Cheers  (drink)     

it's coming but i haven't heard him refer to 'torsion field' or 'hyperdimensional' physics yet tonight.

[K_Dubb]

Did You Know?

Grok may be the only English word that derives from Martian. Yes, we do mean the language of the planet Mars. No, we're not getting spacey; we've just ventured into the realm of science fiction. "Grok" was introduced in Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. The book's main character, Valentine Michael Smith, is a Martian-raised human who comes to earth as an adult, bringing with him words from his native tongue and a unique perspective on the strange, strange ways of earthlings. "Grok" was quickly adopted by the youth culture of America and has since peppered the vernacular of those who grok it, from the hippies of the '60s to the computerniks of the '90s.

I have always loathed that word; I'm relieved to know it lacks a respectable etymology.

[ShayP]

There ya go CronkitesGhost!  There's the 'in the physics' reference.  LOL! 

[=Schlyder=]

that is why when they demoted pluto from being our 9th planet,  they fucked with the nature of the uni/multiverse.

[ShayP]

I have always loathed that word; I'm relieved to know it lacks a respectable etymology.

I just became aware of the word and immediately loathed it.

[=Schlyder=]

Fuck Islam

[CronkitesGhost]

There ya go CronkitesGhost!  There's the 'in the physics' reference.  LOL! 

[ShayP]

Where's 21stCenturyMan?  He'd dig the bumpers. Especially the ELO one. 

[Dr. MD MD]

I have always loathed that word; I'm relieved to know it lacks a respectable etymology.

That's cool. I can grok it, man. 

[ShayP]

LOL! Crazy Train!!!!  Wooooooo!!!!!

[albrecht]

Gordie Howe

Old time hockey. Let 'em know you're there, put some wood in their teeth!

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

it's coming but i haven't heard him refer to 'torsion field' or 'hyperdimensional' physics yet tonight.

He just metioned it.
Am I streaming the wrong program ?  He's talking stairs on the pyramids, just finished up about the # 9 , and mentioned the Avengers (I think) when he was really referencing the Thor movies.

Accutron mention.

[AlternativeSide]

play some Beattles...Hoagie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d02GmQtgSc

[ShayP]

That's cool. I can grok it, man.