tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post6775812716194506023..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: James Cameron, sci-fi heroUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64793342526435590662013-01-26T09:59:20.795-08:002013-01-26T09:59:20.795-08:00Kureh, Seligman, and Zahl all not. Kureh, Seligman, and Zahl all not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17451372381128961082012-03-28T21:54:34.501-07:002012-03-28T21:54:34.501-07:00Hey, Anon made a funny. That's got to be the...Hey, Anon made a funny. That's got to be the first I remember.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5405595868223399662012-03-27T20:59:47.433-07:002012-03-27T20:59:47.433-07:00"Truth" must have made a wrong turn back..."Truth" must have made a wrong turn back in Albuquerque. There's no blackness being discussed here.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49867254975018568392012-03-27T17:40:24.295-07:002012-03-27T17:40:24.295-07:00"mr anon you could be correct."
You mig..."mr anon you could be correct."<br /><br />You might want to frame this screen capture, Bro.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70958720673488929502012-03-27T15:10:09.917-07:002012-03-27T15:10:09.917-07:00mr anon you could be correct.mr anon you could be correct.jodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55559058944941124842012-03-27T07:55:34.849-07:002012-03-27T07:55:34.849-07:00[Or maybe he signed away the rights to the franchi...<i>[Or maybe he signed away the rights to the franchise, and no longer had any control over it?]</i><br /><br />He sold away the right for $1 so that he could direct the movie.<br /><br /><br /><i>And The Sarah Connor Chronicles was [simultaneously] about the most profound & the most paleocon thing that I had seen on TV in, well, forever [which, of course, was why it had to be cancelled].</i><br /><br />Are you sure about that? It featured a myriad of super-strong (both literally and figuratively) female characters and all the good characters are played by negroes and all the bad characters are played by Whites.Atoznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47500638728056699692012-03-26T21:57:32.171-07:002012-03-26T21:57:32.171-07:00"jody said...
i was just reading about planc..."jody said...<br /><br />i was just reading about planck. among other things, he's the guy who first came up with quantum mechanics. that places him among the great scientists of all time."<br /><br />He didn't come up with quantum mechanics. He coined the term "quantum" for a discrete amount of energy, and his work strongly hinted at the quantization of energy. Schroedinger and Heisenberg are usually recognized as the inventors (discoverers?) of quantum mechanics. Of course their work was not done in a vacuum; it built upon that of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, DeBroglie, and others.<br /><br />"He was easily an equal and peer to einstein, working at the same time in the same place, and each of their most important works, quantum mechanics and relativity, are the two dominant theories in physics today. one has become one of the most famous scientists ever, the other remains obscure to the layman."<br /><br />Actually, I believe that Planck recognized Einstein as his (and everyone else's) superior in physics. Planck did one great thing. Einstein did three (maybe three and a half). That's not to minimize Planck's work in explaining black-body radiation. It was a singular accomplishment, which he published when he was in his 40s. Not too shabby.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77140242259843945692012-03-26T20:28:22.778-07:002012-03-26T20:28:22.778-07:00"hanged" and "pleaded" are the..."hanged" and "pleaded" are the 2 I always get wrongSaxon violencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77929105370370866912012-03-26T17:23:22.555-07:002012-03-26T17:23:22.555-07:00I applaud Cameron's underwater adventurism. It...I applaud Cameron's underwater adventurism. It would be great if he used his millions to fund extensive research and engineering -- much much better than making nihilistic anti-social movies that show anyone in the military as psycho killers and anyone in resource industries as amoral greedheads.<br /><br />BTW, Cameron, the child of parents who worked in the Canadian MINING INDUSTRY, moved from Ontario to California when he was 16 and AFAIK has never been back. His only nationality is Hollywoodian.<br /><br />For the grammarians ... yes I've noticed this tendency to avoid well-established irregular verb/participle forms like dove or shone. I don't understand it. What's wrong with "the stars shone brightly"? 'Shined' might be okay for cars or shoes.CJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68500962419513469662012-03-26T17:03:05.401-07:002012-03-26T17:03:05.401-07:00"Let's see ... 24 names, I figure that si..."Let's see ... 24 names, I figure that six or seven are Asian (Feng, Hsiao, Hwang, Nishihara, Ryu, Sundaram, and possibly Sun), and between five and seven are Jewish (Gewirtz, Greenstein, Kureh, Seligman, Zahl, and possibly Stone and/or Unger."<br /><br />And what does this signify, really? What are their majors? How hard is Harvard once you get in? Are a handful of institutions in the US plus a couple in the UK all of the high IQ college population each generation? What about Australia or New Zealand, any brains in those uni's? Germany? Poland? <br /><br />How very provincial of you!swimming swannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17184636321022752782012-03-26T14:26:41.431-07:002012-03-26T14:26:41.431-07:00Harvard Phi Beta Kappa list
Carl Daher
Spencer L....<i>Harvard Phi Beta Kappa list<br /><br />Carl Daher<br />Spencer L. de Mars<br />Tony L. Feng<br />Julian B. Gewirtz<br />Ike I. Greenstein<br />William P. Grogan<br />Adam T. Horn<br />Allan J. Hsiao<br />Jessica J. Hwang<br />Jillian J. Jordan<br />Andrew S. Kennard<br />Yacoub H. Kureh<br />Ann M. Morgan<br />Robert K. Nishihara<br />Camille S. Owens<br />William M. Rafey<br />Annmarie E. Ryu<br />Lee C. Seligman<br />Kevin M. Stone<br />William J. Sun<br />Sivakumar S. Sundaram<br />Emily S. Unger<br />Benjamin B. Wilcox<br />Alexa K. Zahl</i><br /><br />Let's see ... 24 names, I figure that six or seven are Asian (Feng, Hsiao, Hwang, Nishihara, Ryu, Sundaram, and possibly Sun), and between five and seven are Jewish (Gewirtz, Greenstein, Kureh, Seligman, Zahl, and possibly Stone and/or Unger.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266094188872421777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82355104850108830172012-03-26T14:25:06.494-07:002012-03-26T14:25:06.494-07:00i was just reading about planck. among other thing...i was just reading about planck. among other things, he's the guy who first came up with quantum mechanics. that places him among the great scientists of all time.<br /><br />i don't think jim cameron is like that. he's more like a visionary. he's definitely a polymath genius of the highest order. active at the highest levels in several fields, somebody who is an equal to other people who are all time greats in their one single field.<br /><br />as for planck, i now think it's a little unusual that outside of scientific circles, he is never referenced as one of the all time great scientists. guys who were less important are referenced regularly. the guy who came up with quantum mechanics, rarely.<br /><br />the only thing i can think is that, being a german and being somewhat politically neutral during the nazi era, he's not allowed to be referenced as an all time great and key figure in human history. he was easily an equal and peer to einstein, working at the same time in the same place, and each of their most important works, quantum mechanics and relativity, are the two dominant theories in physics today. one has become one of the most famous scientists ever, the other remains obscure to the layman.<br /><br />i think if you were an axis guy, you have to have been strongly anti-axis to be allowed to be spoken of positively today. it's ok to speak highly of fermi, but not of planck or heisenberg. von braun would be receiving the same treatment today if he had been captured by the russians and built their missile program, instead of building the american missile program.<br /><br />cameron is a canadian, nominally on the "correct" side of a lot of political issues, as far as american liberals define them. so he will be treated well by most american commentary. personally i don't think he's as far to the left as others peg him. he does not seem to be overtly politically active, and i can definitely respect him for technical work. the guy is awesome.jodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24413807583598137562012-03-26T12:58:05.136-07:002012-03-26T12:58:05.136-07:00Scorsese, Polanski, or Woo better get busy with bu...Scorsese, Polanski, or Woo better get busy with buying a seat on the next space ship. It's on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83233421366295317582012-03-26T11:45:58.677-07:002012-03-26T11:45:58.677-07:00Bigger feat than raising the Titanic is raising hi...Bigger feat than raising the Titanic is raising his own ego for <br />Camera-moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83721178299741284462012-03-26T11:45:18.027-07:002012-03-26T11:45:18.027-07:00"Blogger won't display more than 200 comm..."Blogger won't display more than 200 comments per post. I will see comments #201+ while moderating, but, unfortunately, nobody else will."<br /><br />If you wanna see more than 200 comments, then post anything and it will automatically take you to 200+ comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29977109783752527742012-03-26T11:44:04.039-07:002012-03-26T11:44:04.039-07:00"... plunged on Sunday in a minisubmarine of ..."... plunged on Sunday in a minisubmarine of his own design to the bottom of the planet’s deepest recess, sinking through the dark waters of the western Pacific to a depth of nearly seven miles."<br /><br />Let's hope he stays there. But don't worry. I'm sure some underwater creature will save him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72842233366217641172012-03-26T11:13:48.141-07:002012-03-26T11:13:48.141-07:00I for one salute him. It takes a special kind of c...I for one salute him. It takes a special kind of courage to squeeze oneself into a steel coffin and dive 7 miles straight down into a black abyss. I wonder whether he expected to find the aliens down there. Heinlein only wrote about men stepping forth onto new worlds: Jimmy Cameron <i>is</i> one of those men.<br /><br />I watched <b>Avatar</b> last night and found it an enjoyable yarn if overlong. Who can't feel for a gang of bright blue squirrels chased out of their tree by mean loggers? It came across as <b>Born on the Fourth of July</b> & <b>Platoon</b> ("The only thing that can kill Barnes is Barnes.") meets <b>Apocalypse Now</b> (Play Ride of the Valkyries over the helicopter assault scenes) meets <b>Flash Gordon</b> ("Dispatch rocketship Ajax to bring back his body!" "Hawkmen! Dive!" Guitar break) meets <b>Dune</b> ("Tell me of your homeworld Usul" "It is a prophecy that a young leader will come to them with a Bene Gesserit mother. It follows the familiar messiah pattern. " "He who controls the spice controls the universe."). Cameron has something in common with Oliver Stone I think - both are macho men who bare their breasts to demonstrate how much they care underneath the tough exterior. It can lead to strange juxtapositions.Marlowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20976785133049804902012-03-26T11:02:08.345-07:002012-03-26T11:02:08.345-07:00If you want to be insufferably pedantic ...
Man...<i>If you want to be insufferably pedantic ...</i> <br /><br /><br />Man, I wish I was white. If I coulda said that, I'd be alive now!Trayvonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82568264069230204812012-03-26T09:33:58.228-07:002012-03-26T09:33:58.228-07:00OT:
It's time for what could be called a ro...OT: <br /><br />It's time for what could be called a round of HBD March Madness, i.e. the public announcement of Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa junior class.<br /><br />The list seems less Asian than the closely-studied National Merit lists. No doubt, PBK, like the Rhodes Scholar lists, reflects aptitude in the areas of "verbalism" and "leadership," notoriously derided by IQ fundamentalists because they are harder to measure, and susceptible to social bias. Nevertheless, they do tell us something about who will be the future members of our media-political elite, and in that sense, you may not be interested in Harvard PBK, but Harvard PBK is interested in you.<br /><br />More generally, to what extent can pure IQ be converted into intellectual influence in society? For example, math prodigy Gabriel Carroll (Harvard junior PBK '04) shifted gears to economics, and is now one of the top econ PhD prospects this year. But his papers seem somewhat lofty and hard for mortals to understand. Will a Carroll ever have (or want) the influence of a Krugman or a Gladwell? Arguably, the "fuzzy verbalist" skills that the latter seem to possess matter a great deal, in terms of social power.<br /><br />Furthermore, what is the balance of IQ vs. other skills at successive levels of achievement, i.e. National Merit to Putnam competition to Fields Medal to Nobel? Does the IQ cutoff just get higher and higher? Or do other skills start to matter more, or less?<br /><br />I look forward to more Steve discussion on these topics.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/3/23/pbk-juniors-2013/<br /><br />Carl Daher<br />Spencer L. de Mars <br />Tony L. Feng<br />Julian B. Gewirtz <br />Ike I. Greenstein<br />William P. Grogan<br />Adam T. Horn <br />Allan J. Hsiao<br />Jessica J. Hwang<br />Jillian J. Jordan<br />Andrew S. Kennard<br />Yacoub H. Kureh<br />Ann M. Morgan <br />Robert K. Nishihara<br />Camille S. Owens<br />William M. Rafey<br />Annmarie E. Ryu<br />Lee C. Seligman<br />Kevin M. Stone <br />William J. Sun<br />Sivakumar S. Sundaram <br />Emily S. Unger<br />Benjamin B. Wilcox<br />Alexa K. ZahlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44854198540012185432012-03-26T04:57:00.823-07:002012-03-26T04:57:00.823-07:00Cameron hasn't made a good movie since T-2.
...<i>Cameron hasn't made a good movie since T-2.</i> <br /><br />I actually thought that there was really good chemistry between Nick Stahl & Claire Danes in T-3 [not to get all soap-opera-ish on you].<br /><br />And The Sarah Connor Chronicles was [simultaneously] about the most profound & the most paleocon thing that I had seen on TV in, well, forever [which, of course, was why it had to be cancelled].<br /><br />Didn't understand T-4, though: What a total waste of Bryce Dallas Howard & Moon Bloodgood.<br /><br />You'd think Cameron would have cared more about the franchise than to have allowed T-4 to have been so catastrophically awful.<br /><br />[Or maybe he signed away the rights to the franchise, and no longer had any control over it?]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50964463119455519442012-03-26T01:06:08.013-07:002012-03-26T01:06:08.013-07:00Cameron should collaborate again with Schwarzenegg...Cameron should collaborate again with Schwarzenegger. I can't forgive him for letting other mess with the Terminator franchise.Matkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17641666245421462782012-03-26T00:36:23.221-07:002012-03-26T00:36:23.221-07:00"In that respect he is indisputably a genius ..."In that respect he is indisputably a genius on the Galileo/Lyell/Planck level"<br /><br />LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88701773411257631222012-03-26T00:35:40.711-07:002012-03-26T00:35:40.711-07:00Man, Steve, you got a tough readership.Man, Steve, you got a tough readership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61299650754995284242012-03-26T00:33:49.470-07:002012-03-26T00:33:49.470-07:00Recent history shows that turning a profit on hund...Recent history shows that turning a profit on hundred-millions of studio dollars is no sure thing. In that respect he is indisputably a genius on the Galileo/Lyell/Planck levelAlcalde Jaime Miguel Curleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801154986193443160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41901189935923397542012-03-26T00:17:20.546-07:002012-03-26T00:17:20.546-07:00I don't find anything interesting about Camero...I don't find anything interesting about Cameron or his movies.Wesnoreply@blogger.com