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

[TigerLily]

The Jungian archetypes.

I'm always vacillating between Madonna and whore

[RoseGirl]

Oh lawl

https://twitter.com/LocalMalcontent/status/645132942243528705

lol

[popple]

I like to think of it as a kids show for adults.

[pate]

Oh lawl

https://twitter.com/LocalMalcontent/status/645132942243528705

Who ur yeeew?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbZmBvoy5mw

[bateman]

Arthur C. Clarke mention. Shot!

[RoseGirl]

Well you know what I always say....get'em when their Jung and easily Freudened

[Juan Cena]

I have a suspicion that he read some Larry Niven, which is why I included that decade, but certainly not much further past that.

I have my doubts he ever read Niven. His ideas about the potential technological level of a ancient alien race are primitive when compared to Niven's concepts like Ringworld.

[RoseGirl]

RCH is no writer. Oye.

[SciFiAuthor]

Richard makes a good point, there is no explanation for the process of writing. You get into a trance sometimes, and then you look at what you wrote hours later you have no idea how you did that or where it came from.

[zeebo]

The Jungian archetypes.

Weren't those the root of the Myers-Briggs personality test?  I gotta say I was pretty amazed by that personally.

[Mild Bill]

I'm always vacillating between Madonna and whore

It's a paradoxical dichotomy...Love your new avatar!

[Juan Cena]

It's sad to know RCH seems to have a Dave-level knowledge or comprehension of comic books.

[popple]

Weren't those the root of the Myers-Briggs personality test?  I gotta say I was pretty amazed by that personally.

We need a MBTI thread here at BellGab.

[TigerLily]

It's a paradoxical dichotomy...Love your new avatar!

Thank you. No one was a vampire football fan?

[zeebo]

Wait, we're supposed to be talking about Marvel comix, and instead we're delving into RCH's interpersonal relationships with well-known luminaries.

[trostol]

Richard makes a good point, there is no explanation for the process of writing. You get into a trance sometimes, and then you look at what you wrote hours later you have no idea how you did that or where it came from.

indeed..oddly i have issues putting thoughts to paper but all the ideas seem to stick in my brain

[trostol]

Wait, we're supposed to be talking about Marvel comix, and instead we're delving into RCH's interpersonal relationships with well-known luminaries.

we long moved from Marvel lol

[starrmtn001]

I'm losing my struggle to stay awake.  Looks like it's bed time for me. 
Good night my friends, and may the BRAAPS Be With You!

[bateman]

"Data!" Another shot.

[ShayP]

It's sad to know RCH seems to have a Dave-level knowledge or comprehension of comic books.

Maybe so but Dave would ask such things as "What kind of crayons do you use?...."

[Juan Cena]

RCH is no writer. Oye.

I was hoping SaucyRosy could get someone like Ellis or Grant Morrison on to talk with RCH. But now I'm afraid they would make his brain melt into a Dave-like puddle.

[norland2424]

Wait, we're supposed to be talking about Marvel comix, and instead we're delving into RCH's interpersonal relationships with well-known luminaries.

haha you must be new here zeebo  jk

[JSchool]

At what point is Richard going to realize these guests aren't experts on ancient civilizations and reincarnation?

[pate]

I'm getting hangry, Richard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKE7jOfph2I

[Juan Cena]

Maybe so but Dave would ask such things as "What kind of crayons do you use?...."

"Could The Joker be a fallen angel?"

[ShayP]

I'm losing my struggle to stay awake.  Looks like it's bed time for me. 
Good night my friends, and may the BRAAPS Be With You!

Gentle Braaps into the night.  Sleep well.

[TigerLily]

It's sad to know RCH seems to have a Dave-level knowledge or comprehension of comic books.

Yet he can still go on interminably

[ShayP]

"Could The Joker be a fallen angel?"

LMAO!!!!

[SciFiAuthor]

I have my doubts he ever read Niven. His ideas about the potential technological level of a ancient alien race are primitive when compared to Niven's concepts like Ringworld.

That could be true. Even Niven was obsolete from the start. The ringworld is physically impossible and Dyson's idea was actually a Dyson swarm instead of a sphere. One thing that Richard has no grasp whatsoever of is nanotechnology. It's not even on his radar, which is why he sounds so ridiculous and dated in his futurism.

[Juan Cena]

At what point is Richard going to realize these guests aren't experts on ancient civilizations and reincarnation?

At what point are these guests going to realize that RCH isn't an expert on anything?