Carl Zimmer & John Horgan

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Fascinating and informative.
Really fun conversation.
Thanks

I'm 4 minutes in and I'm about to check out if there's a transcript out there. I trust your recommendation and ggab's seconding but by God do I feel like time is moving in slow motion. For fuck's sake, I can WRITE faster than these guys talk. Sweet gooey sticky Jesus, let there be a transcript...

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I was extremely disappointed by Horgan's "The End of Science". Some interesting interviews but I thought Horgan's value-added was zero at best.

By John Emerson (not verified) on 16 Feb 2009 #permalink

Total bore. On top of that, it is obvious that Horgan knows no biology.