tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post988232024953346618..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: MacArthur Fellowships: Search for creativity or the same old cronyism?Bill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-23351507986391887452017-10-15T17:17:31.097-04:002017-10-15T17:17:31.097-04:00That's a very interesting idea, Jess. Or they ...That's a very interesting idea, Jess. Or they could buy blocks of time on various telescopes and satellite instruments and make them available.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-81876741042377463392017-10-15T12:07:31.125-04:002017-10-15T12:07:31.125-04:00Some years ago I figured out a way to reconfigure ...Some years ago I figured out a way to reconfigure graphene, the mono-atomically thick crystal form of carbon atoms, as a lens (which could replace very heavy glass lenses or mirrors in telescopes, and could theoretically be expanded indefinitely (so a graphene telescope objective could be MILES, even thousands of miles, in diameter). At that time, I contacted one of former President Clinton'sJess Taubernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-17310772932386827302013-10-10T08:22:57.504-04:002013-10-10T08:22:57.504-04:00So let’s take this remark from the 1992 NYTimes ar...So let’s take this remark from the 1992 NYTimes article: “…MacArthur fellows program has never really decided if its job is to reward creativity or to stimulate it, if it wants to be an American Nobel Prize or a fairy godmother to talents unappreciated by mainstream society.”<br /><br />When they gave fellowships to Robert Penn Warren and Barbara McClintock the first year, that was certainly the Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.com