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	<title>Comments on: Name the &#8216;carnival of the classics&#8217;!</title>
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		<title>By: barn owl</title>
		<link>http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/06/06/name-the-carnival-of-the-classics/#comment-1620</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barn owl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Steampunk Science&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Steampunk Science&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Epicanis</title>
		<link>http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/06/06/name-the-carnival-of-the-classics/#comment-1583</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epicanis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archaic scientific (or whatever passed for science at the time) terms would be appropriate (e.g. a reference to Natural Philosophy).  &quot;A dose of caloric&quot;?  &quot;Spontaneous generations&quot;?  &quot;Balancing the Humours&quot;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Archaic scientific (or whatever passed for science at the time) terms would be appropriate (e.g. a reference to Natural Philosophy).  &#8220;A dose of caloric&#8221;?  &#8220;Spontaneous generations&#8221;?  &#8220;Balancing the Humours&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: ecoli</title>
		<link>http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/06/06/name-the-carnival-of-the-classics/#comment-1582</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ecoli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some reason, my creative juices just aren&#039;t flowing today (maybe it&#039;s the heat?).  Anyway, whatever name you decide on, I plan on being a regular participant.  Good luck!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some reason, my creative juices just aren&#8217;t flowing today (maybe it&#8217;s the heat?).  Anyway, whatever name you decide on, I plan on being a regular participant.  Good luck!</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think Rick&#039;s &quot;On the Shoulders of Giants&quot; has a nice ring to it.  But what to call the events?   

Another suggestion would be along the lines of the Royal Society, like &quot;Society of Historical Sciences&quot;  where we could have &quot;meetings&quot; rather than carnivals.  It would be presentations of papers, much like an actual meeting/conference.

Or perhaps some clever person could take the term &quot;Gentlemen Scientist,&quot; (a description of many of the  investigators of &quot;hand-crafted science&quot;) and make it sound not so sexist, and incorporate that?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Rick&#8217;s &#8220;On the Shoulders of Giants&#8221; has a nice ring to it.  But what to call the events?   </p>
<p>Another suggestion would be along the lines of the Royal Society, like &#8220;Society of Historical Sciences&#8221;  where we could have &#8220;meetings&#8221; rather than carnivals.  It would be presentations of papers, much like an actual meeting/conference.</p>
<p>Or perhaps some clever person could take the term &#8220;Gentlemen Scientist,&#8221; (a description of many of the  investigators of &#8220;hand-crafted science&#8221;) and make it sound not so sexist, and incorporate that?</p>
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		<title>By: barn owl</title>
		<link>http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/06/06/name-the-carnival-of-the-classics/#comment-1572</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barn owl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to be inclusive of all science and engineering disciplines, but at the risk of being Western civilization-centric, I suggest the following names:

Library of Alexandria (or some variation, such as Alexandrine Time Capsule, Electronica Alexandria, etc.)
The Athenaeum
Thoth (or some variation, even the shamelessly Mardi Gras-inspired &quot;Krewe of Thoth&quot;)
Philosophenweg]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In an attempt to be inclusive of all science and engineering disciplines, but at the risk of being Western civilization-centric, I suggest the following names:</p>
<p>Library of Alexandria (or some variation, such as Alexandrine Time Capsule, Electronica Alexandria, etc.)<br />
The Athenaeum<br />
Thoth (or some variation, even the shamelessly Mardi Gras-inspired &#8220;Krewe of Thoth&#8221;)<br />
Philosophenweg</p>
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		<title>By: Rick MacPherson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick MacPherson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[my 2 cents:

Pretty Pebbles
(&quot;I seem to myself like a child, playing on the sea-shore, and picking up here and there a curious shell or a pretty pebble, while the boundless ocean of Truth lies undiscovered before me.&quot;)

or

On the Shoulders of Giants
(&quot;If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.&quot;)

not sure why i&#039;m channeling my inner physicist, but i&#039;ve always thought that these two quotes attributed to newton genuinely encapsulate science&#039; history as well as romance...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my 2 cents:</p>
<p>Pretty Pebbles<br />
(&#8220;I seem to myself like a child, playing on the sea-shore, and picking up here and there a curious shell or a pretty pebble, while the boundless ocean of Truth lies undiscovered before me.&#8221;)</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>On the Shoulders of Giants<br />
(&#8220;If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.&#8221;)</p>
<p>not sure why i&#8217;m channeling my inner physicist, but i&#8217;ve always thought that these two quotes attributed to newton genuinely encapsulate science&#8217; history as well as romance&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: chezjake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree on not using the word &quot;carnival.&quot; For something as grand as the classic works of science, how about having the &quot;Pageant of Science Classics&quot;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree on not using the word &#8220;carnival.&#8221; For something as grand as the classic works of science, how about having the &#8220;Pageant of Science Classics&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: scicurious</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[scicurious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will definitely be submitting!!]]></description>
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		<title>By: Blake Stacey</title>
		<link>http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/06/06/name-the-carnival-of-the-classics/#comment-1568</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Stacey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msri.org/ext/larryg/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Science Classics&lt;/a&gt;&quot; was the name of Larry Gonick&#039;s erstwhile feature in &lt;i&gt;Discover&lt;/i&gt; magazine. . . .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;<a href="http://www.msri.org/ext/larryg/index.html" rel="nofollow">Science Classics</a>&#8221; was the name of Larry Gonick&#8217;s erstwhile feature in <i>Discover</i> magazine. . . .</p>
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		<title>By: scicurious</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[scicurious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old reference to science, like &quot;natural philosophy&quot;?  Maybe &quot;Opus Majus&quot;?   De Revolutionibus?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An old reference to science, like &#8220;natural philosophy&#8221;?  Maybe &#8220;Opus Majus&#8221;?   De Revolutionibus?</p>
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