Comments on: 10-05-26 http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/ Promoting Science and Critical Thinking Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce Kodish http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/#comment-1857 Bruce Kodish Sun, 30 May 2010 22:11:02 +0000 http://www.skeptic.com/?p=3421#comment-1857 A challenge to those who call themselves skeptics. http://korzybskifiles.blogspot.com/2010/05/note-on-martin-gardner.html A challenge to those who call themselves skeptics.

http://korzybskifiles.blogspot.com/2010/05/note-on-martin-gardner.html

]]> By: George http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/#comment-1853 George Sun, 30 May 2010 05:58:43 +0000 http://www.skeptic.com/?p=3421#comment-1853 Thanks to my father's interest in science and his subscription to SciAm (and he was a working scientist) I learned early in my teen years to value Martin Gardner's writing. All of it. Even "The Annotated Alice," which book got me going on lit crit and gave me a fine example of excellent non-academic writing, and was entertaining to boot. I have always enjoyed Gardner's work. His personal beliefs did not concern me; they were and are irrelevant to his discussions. I did not know him in any way but through his writing, and that is enough by far. Thanks for the great obit, and thanks for Skeptic, too. A 67-year-old fan. Thanks to my father’s interest in science and his subscription to SciAm (and he was a working scientist) I learned early in my teen years to value Martin Gardner’s writing. All of it. Even “The Annotated Alice,” which book got me going on lit crit and gave me a fine example of excellent non-academic writing, and was entertaining to boot. I have always enjoyed Gardner’s work. His personal beliefs did not concern me; they were and are irrelevant to his discussions. I did not know him in any way but through his writing, and that is enough by far. Thanks for the great obit, and thanks for Skeptic, too.

A 67-year-old fan.

]]> By: Dave Koenig http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/#comment-1849 Dave Koenig Fri, 28 May 2010 00:47:35 +0000 http://www.skeptic.com/?p=3421#comment-1849 I'm glad this interview is being published. As a friend of Martins I know he would NOT like to be remembered as an Atheist. He was a brilliant man who believed in a personal God and the hope of eternal life. I’m glad this interview is being published. As a friend of Martins I know he would NOT like to be remembered as an Atheist. He was a brilliant man who believed in a personal God and the hope of eternal life.

]]> By: Chris Bonds http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/#comment-1847 Chris Bonds Thu, 27 May 2010 01:21:23 +0000 http://www.skeptic.com/?p=3421#comment-1847 A wonderful interview and a wonderful way to remember Martin Gardner. I wish I had known him, but in a way I think I know him through his writing. I have trouble with his fideism (and I know I'm not alone in that) but it makes no difference. To me his greatest human quality was his honesty and candor. He was one who knew himself in a way that Socrates would have been proud of. A wonderful interview and a wonderful way to remember Martin Gardner. I wish I had known him, but in a way I think I know him through his writing. I have trouble with his fideism (and I know I’m not alone in that) but it makes no difference. To me his greatest human quality was his honesty and candor. He was one who knew himself in a way that Socrates would have been proud of.

]]> By: Eugenie C Scott http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/#comment-1845 Eugenie C Scott Wed, 26 May 2010 18:56:43 +0000 http://www.skeptic.com/?p=3421#comment-1845 Thanks so much for reprinting the interview with Gardner. It's great to have it available. He truly was one of the greats. What a loss. Thanks so much for reprinting the interview with Gardner. It’s great to have it available. He truly was one of the greats. What a loss.

]]> By: Monroe Thomas Clewis http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-05-26/#comment-1843 Monroe Thomas Clewis Wed, 26 May 2010 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.skeptic.com/?p=3421#comment-1843 I feel a personal loss, even though I knew very little about Mr. Gardner outside The Annotated Alice and the Mathematical Games Department of Scientific American. From his interview with Michael Shermer I see that he had great courage to espouse religious beliefs in the Lion's Den while ironically being one of the "lions" himself. My condolences to his family and friends. I feel a personal loss, even though I knew very little about Mr. Gardner outside The Annotated Alice and the Mathematical Games Department of Scientific American. From his interview with Michael Shermer I see that he had great courage to espouse religious beliefs in the Lion’s Den while ironically being one of the “lions” himself. My condolences to his family and friends.

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