Is Clownhall losing its touch?
Jun. 20th, 2011 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsBizarre. Is ClownHall losing its touch? I was tooling around the radio and landed on AM 1590, "Freedom Radio," a wholly-owned outlet of Clownhall and its blowhards. In a brief bumper right after the Mark Levin (!) show, one of those practiced, learned voices comes on and starts talking about how "our Earth is situated in a place that's just right, it's not too hot, it's not too cold, so what does this mean?" and I rolled my eyes briefly. It's Clownhall, so it had to be an Intelligent Design pitch
But no! Instead, he went through the investigatory possibilities: the Rare Earth phenomenon (in a universe this big, the probability that there are such lovely worlds is low but possible-- has to be possible, we're here, aren't we-- but rare enough we're not likely to spot one with a telescope ever again), or are planets like ours commonplace and we're just now developing the tools necessary to see them, or could it be that life can live in places that don't match the Terrestrial habitable zone? "And this is why we advocate for the exploration of space!"
I was boggled. Someone at Clownhall remembered their meds that evening, I guess.
But no! Instead, he went through the investigatory possibilities: the Rare Earth phenomenon (in a universe this big, the probability that there are such lovely worlds is low but possible-- has to be possible, we're here, aren't we-- but rare enough we're not likely to spot one with a telescope ever again), or are planets like ours commonplace and we're just now developing the tools necessary to see them, or could it be that life can live in places that don't match the Terrestrial habitable zone? "And this is why we advocate for the exploration of space!"
I was boggled. Someone at Clownhall remembered their meds that evening, I guess.
