Comments on: The Hopeful Monster Theory Returns Triumphant https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Mark P https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501607 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:42:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501607 Dangit! I missed the last comment prior to mine. But I stand by my statement: it was terrific.

]]> By: Mark P https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501606 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:40:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501606 Did you by any chance see Stephen Colbert on Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night show doing a sendup of this song*? It was absolutely terrific.

*Does it seem to you that the probability of this event occurring is vanishingly small?

]]> By: itzac https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501605 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:59:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501605 For Canadian readers:

http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/Displayblog.aspx?bpid=26d615b7-8511-4881-aed2-5a8992ec21a2

(The Colbert video is only available in the US.)

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501604 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:57:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501604 P smith, thanks for that link. I had noticed the similarity as well. I wonder if it is intentional or subconscious.

]]> By: Richard Chapman https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501603 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:00:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501603 Ditto, blissfully unaware. I think I feel a cluster headache coming on.

]]> By: P Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501602 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:21:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501602 “Friday” IS the mutation.

The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life” is the original.

http://www.forkparty.com/song-similarities-rebecca-blacks-friday-vs-the-beatles-a-day-in-the-life/

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501601 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:10:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501601 F2 is awesome. I’m also really impressed that Colbert can sing that well.

]]> By: meat robot https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501600 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:27:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501600 Oh, the Roots! I don’t know wheather to be awed or disappointed. I’ll go with awe.

]]> By: Danniel Soares https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501599 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:39:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501599 It should have been posted yesterday, not because it was friday, but because it was April 1st.

]]> By: Phillip IV https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501598 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:28:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/02/the-hopeful-monster-theory-ret/#comment-501598 Not only a strong argument in favour of the ‘Hopeful Monster’ theory – more than that, the Original Mutation should also finally put paid to the idea that the Universe was created by a benevolent deity. No ‘Intelligent Design’ would allow for anything even remotely like that to come into existence.

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