QOTD
"Everyone has an agenda. Except me."
- Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton died last week... here's his de facto/bland/generic obit in the WSJ: He Brought Science to Life. The WSJ can make any dead guy boring.

Crichton was success personified... author of a zillion books, "Jurassic Park", "ER", blah blah. My favorite Crichton books were "Andromeda Strain", "Disclosure", "Rising Sun", "Next", and "State of Fear". He had obviously figured out what would sell... rinse and repeat. I also read his autobiography "Travels"... a worthy read, but nothing astounding.

In "State of Fear", he focused on the woeful state of science these days. The state of fear or crisis is necessary these days (always?) for scientific research to be funded. Related, he also was passionate about exposing global warming: Aliens Cause Global Warming. I love that... aliens. He he.

QOTD2
"Environmentalism seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists."
- Michael Crichton
I read Crichton
yow, bill

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