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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
 Posted - 05/22/2010 : 22:28:29
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Wow. This news hits hard.
From James Randi's Swift:
MY WORLD IS A LITTLE DARKER…
| Martin Gardner has died. I have dreaded to type those words, and Martin would not have wanted to know that I’m so devastated at what I knew – day to day – had to happen very soon. I’m glad to report that his passing was painless and quick. That man was one of my giants, a very long-time friend of some 50 years or so. He was a delight, a very bright spot in my firmament, one to whom I could always turn to with a question or an idea, with any strange notion I could invent, and with any complaint or comment I could come up with... |
All of the years reading his words in Scientific American and Skeptical Inquirer has influenced my thinking a lot. He is one of the people who caused me to start thinking about skepticism in a serious way. And then there are the books. Nope. I didn't always agree with him, but hey... Among skeptics, he was a giant.
RIP Martin Gardner.
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2010 : 22:37:56 [Permalink]
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| As with so many others who've gone before, here's to hoping that we're all wrong on the "afterlife" question, and that it's a nice one. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2010 : 02:56:09 [Permalink]
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| Martin Gardner has been a part of my life for many, many decades. The man was not only brilliant, but knew how to make others light up as well. He'll be missed. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2010 : 21:48:35 [Permalink]
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| I heard of him. Recently the more I learn about him, he rox! ...or roxed (whatever the conjugation is). |
| Edited by - ThorGoLucky on 05/23/2010 21:49:07 |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2010 : 13:05:10 [Permalink]
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| Feel like I've been kicked in the gut. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Martin Gardner has died.
