Comments on: Art and Science of Time Crystal http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/09/25/art-and-science-of-time-crystal/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pirvonen http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/09/25/art-and-science-of-time-crystal/comment-page-1/#comment-328661 Pirvonen Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:33:09 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-328661 To paraphrase what Wyken Seagrave is pleased to call science: "We have to trust these professionals. But we have to question them, and if they don't give us the answers we want, we have to find some other scientists who do." I would have no problem with Seagrave's ideas if he presented them as simply artistic license. However, he all too often says "In my opinion it could", without presenting any kind of argument of why he holds this opinion, making him sound like a classic quantum-relativistic crackpot. I find it encouraging that writers use cutting-edge science and technology as fulcrum for their storytelling. Even better it is when the author manages to popularize some of the concepts to lay terms. This work accomplishes some of that, but has serious misrepresentations. To paraphrase what Wyken Seagrave is pleased to call science: “We have to trust these professionals. But we have to question them, and if they don’t give us the answers we want, we have to find some other scientists who do.”

I would have no problem with Seagrave’s ideas if he presented them as simply artistic license. However, he all too often says “In my opinion it could”, without presenting any kind of argument of why he holds this opinion, making him sound like a classic quantum-relativistic crackpot.

I find it encouraging that writers use cutting-edge science and technology as fulcrum for their storytelling. Even better it is when the author manages to popularize some of the concepts to lay terms. This work accomplishes some of that, but has serious misrepresentations.

]]> By: Chris http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/09/25/art-and-science-of-time-crystal/comment-page-1/#comment-327452 Chris Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:51:02 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-327452 Started listening to the podcast with admittedly low expectations, but I got sucked in right away. Listening to Wyken discuss his creative process was inspiring, kind of makes me want to get back into writing - I might have to start getting notes prepared for NaNoWriMo this year! Thanks for the heads up. Started listening to the podcast with admittedly low expectations, but I got sucked in right away. Listening to Wyken discuss his creative process was inspiring, kind of makes me want to get back into writing – I might have to start getting notes prepared for NaNoWriMo this year! Thanks for the heads up.

]]> By: genevere http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/09/25/art-and-science-of-time-crystal/comment-page-1/#comment-319002 genevere Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:53:02 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-319002 Lots of interesting information about the science behind Time Crystal and the writing process. Lots of interesting information about the science behind Time Crystal and the writing process.

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