They have TED. We have BILL. Excellent!

Posted 26 July 2011 by Steve Matheson

They have TED. We have BILL. Bill&Ted2Crop.jpg

We here at Panda's Thumb are pleased to announce the establishment of a new video lecture series: Brilliantly Illuminating and Lively Lectures, or BILLs. Once every two weeks, a new BILL will be posted along with commentary by a PT crew member. Topics can vary widely, with the only criteria being brilliance, illumination, liveliness, and/or financial contributions from members like you. Feel free to nominate lectures for inclusion in this prestigious series by leaving a comment here or by emailing the director of the BILL series at BILL at pandasthumb dot org. Our first two BILLs are already selected, and the inaugural BILL will be posted on Wednesday 27 July. TED is cool. But BILL is more excellent. Party on, dudes!

11 Comments

Nick Matzke · 26 July 2011

Awesome, dude!

AJ · 26 July 2011

Most triumphant!

Karen S. · 26 July 2011

I'm looking forward to this.

https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 26 July 2011

But is our pathetic level of detail excellent? Bill "The Sweater" Dembski's inquiring mind wants to know.

Don't make us get medieval on you, Dembski. We have the details that fit the bill, while you have pre-Newtonian non-mechanism for non-events.

Glen Davidson

John · 26 July 2011

https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad said: But is our pathetic level of detail excellent? Bill "The Sweater" Dembski's inquiring mind wants to know. Don't make us get medieval on you, Dembski. We have the details that fit the bill, while you have pre-Newtonian non-mechanism for non-events. Glen Davidson

Did you have to mention the risible man of ill repute, Glen? But I suppose it will be fascinating to see how the loons over at Uncommon Dissent react to this. Have the utmost confidence in the PT crew that this will be a valuable addition to PT.

eric · 26 July 2011

Feel free to nominate lectures for inclusion in this prestigious series

The evolution of wyld stallions, of course! You can then shift from animalia to plantae, and cover the evolution of wyld scallions.

Karen S. · 26 July 2011

Feel free to nominate lectures for inclusion in this prestigious series

The WhyEvolutionIsTrue YouTube channel has a plethora of great evolution videos.

orpagan · 26 July 2011

GREAT, looking forward to it!

http://baldscientist.wordpress.com

Karen S. · 26 July 2011

What is the topic of the first BILL?

Steve Matheson · 26 July 2011

Karen S. said: What is the topic of the first BILL?

That's classified. I'll just say that the lecture is an older one, by an older chap who recently wrote a bestselling book that mentions the lecture. And the lecture features several interesting visitors. That's all you get for now. All together now: BOGUS!!!!

John · 26 July 2011

Steve Matheson said:
Karen S. said: What is the topic of the first BILL?
That's classified. I'll just say that the lecture is an older one, by an older chap who recently wrote a bestselling book that mentions the lecture. And the lecture features several interesting visitors. That's all you get for now. All together now: BOGUS!!!!

That wouldn't have been Richard Dawkins now, right? The popular science writer and biologist whose second wife played a Time Lord on "Doctor Who"?