So some of you may remember I made a video a while back about how I thought Phil was such a good skeptic and science promoter I wanted to give him a BIG HUG...

Well yes, I have hugged Phil. I said "Can I give you a big hug" and he said "um.. well maybe not that big of one.. I mean... no tongue"

Okay... so there was no tongue or anything... but ya know.

Just felt like sharing...

Did Phil hug back?

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OK, I wanna know, is there a shrine somewhere?

I hope no ones offended if I say I'll be happy with a big handshake?

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Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

I'd be happy if he just read my comics.

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That's fine, but I think that it's fine to look higher. Dare to dream. Reach for the stars. Dream of something much much greater and one day you might achieve it.

Just look at me. I hugged Phil. He didn't even run away.

I'd consider a handshake highly preferable. Actually, I'd be curious about the cultural development of hugging. When I grew up (mostly in the midwest) there just didn't seem to be a lot of hugging outside of family or other close relationships. But, it seems a lot more popular today in California.

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Not just these days Van. I have a lot of male friends I hug upon greeting. Just not out in the market, lets say. Comes from having good friends for a long time.

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

That's a close relationship. But, it seems today like people will hug almost as often as they would shake hands.

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I say there is an invisible elf in my backyard. How do you prove that I am wrong?

Disclaimer: Avatar is not an official NASA image and does not imply any specific interplanetary or interstellar capability.

The Leif Ericson Cruiser

Personally, I don't shake hands very much.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

sort-of. Not with the same level of enthusiasm of my hug.. I don't think..