# Kudos to the "Bad Astronomer" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-the-bad-astronomer/49568 "2001-01-11T19:23:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-the-bad-astronomer/49568/1 "2001-01-11T19:23:34Z")
I see [The Bad Astronomer](http://www.badastronomy.com), a sometime poster on the SDMB, is [featured on CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/01/11/bad.astronomy.reut/index.html). (Perhaps they felt the need to atone for some of their [sillier recent articles](http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/24/alien.microbe.claim/index.html) about extraterrestrials.) ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-the-bad-astronomer/49568/2 "2001-01-11T19:49:04Z")
Hey, congratulations, Bad Astronomer! Fighting ignorance is an admirable thing in general, and is particularly admired by many of us here. Best of luck to you. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-the-bad-astronomer/49568/3 "2001-01-11T20:01:28Z")
Hoorah for The Bad Astronomer. I love this guy’s stuff, and I’m really glad that CNN wrote about him. It would be great if they did more stories related to critical thinking, and they could interview Phil for many of them.