tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post8746670234984562464..comments2024-03-28T00:20:33.272-07:00Comments on Everything is Connected: What do you tell the children?David MacKay FRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023079754784119955noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-69606466693199413562016-02-05T11:58:11.682-08:002016-02-05T11:58:11.682-08:00Dear Professor Mackay,
I just wanted to write to ...Dear Professor Mackay,<br /><br />I just wanted to write to say thank you and that you've been an inspiration to me since you first lectured me at Cambridge. Im truly sorry to hear of your illness.<br /><br />I know I'm not alone amongst you students in remembering you as one of the best lecturers I've ever had. You managed to achieve a level of clarity and enthusiasm that is so rare. Your teaching and books are a big part of the reason I've chosen to pursue a research career.<br /><br />I was really heartened to here recently that you've still been teaching!<br /><br />I hope that now that your chemotherapy is finished you have a really enjoyable time with your family.<br /><br />Thank you very much!<br /><br />Raza Habib<br /><br />Razahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551571095451114142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-7510183732611123082016-01-26T08:35:33.229-08:002016-01-26T08:35:33.229-08:00David,
It’s fair to say that ‘Without the Hot Air...David,<br /><br />It’s fair to say that ‘Without the Hot Air’ changed my life. From being a bit of a happy, clappy New Age ecowarrior in my teens, with the help of others such as Ben Goldacre I now wish I had done science at university rather than philosophy and that after a life being spent anti I’m now (at the age of nearly 40) a fully paid-up nuclear fan boy. <br /><br />I only just heard of your illness and am shocked and saddened by it, but after reading this blog I am so utterly moved by how you are dealing with it. I wish you and your family strength.<br /><br />Rob Loveday<br />Rob Lovedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198359354348700275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-15550188415130161002016-01-22T06:43:53.448-08:002016-01-22T06:43:53.448-08:00hi david,
just came to know of this from adrian k...hi david,<br /><br />just came to know of this from adrian kent's post on facebook. i am equally shocked and awed - by the news, and by your response, respectively. i wish you and your family strength through this difficult time : and hope that the odds turn out in your favour.<br /><br />thinking of you and the spirited discussions over post-lunch tea at darwin.<br /><br />bhisma Bhisma Chakrabartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013191551868825679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-7217027384430411742016-01-01T04:58:14.819-08:002016-01-01T04:58:14.819-08:00Hi Sir David , and my congratulations on the accol...Hi Sir David , and my congratulations on the accolade , so very well deserved. Can't remember a time when I had to address one of my former pupils as "Sir" !<br />Gordon Collis directed me to your blog ; didn't realise you were going through extensive chemo with all that it entails. Hope the result is effective in the end. Meantime I wish you and your family my good wishes for 2016.<br />Graham Swift<br />PS I seem to have lost you on Facebook.grahamswift_2000@yahoo.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462769116461699518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-50493040411564680862015-11-10T15:11:03.912-08:002015-11-10T15:11:03.912-08:00Hi David,
I'm very saddened to hear of your i...Hi David,<br /><br />I'm very saddened to hear of your illness. I am a huge fan of "sustainable energy - without the hot air" and had the pleasure of meeting and interacting with you last year as part of my energy MPhil at Cambridge.<br />Your blog is inspirational as is all your work. Thank you.X-Zipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02707732663676576760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-66161950132421913492015-11-09T05:57:32.694-08:002015-11-09T05:57:32.694-08:00Gosh … I was simply trying to find out whether to ...Gosh … I was simply trying to find out whether to bring my children to your talk tomorrow. Thank you for giving so much – indeed any – of your time to other people's children, so that the world may be a better place. I feel moved and inspired. Propagandumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13584227333968876618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-68921916346302637182015-11-03T13:06:25.172-08:002015-11-03T13:06:25.172-08:00I didn't mean to leave that comment anonymousl...I didn't mean to leave that comment anonymously. —Kragen Javier SitakerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-69824520820749336172015-11-03T13:05:04.598-08:002015-11-03T13:05:04.598-08:00I'm following your progress with interest. Yo...I'm following your progress with interest. You are experiencing the dying process in amazingly good cheer; it's very inspiring, but I find myself crying while reading this, trying to imagine what it's like for you and for your family.<br /><br />I've added a short paragraph about this to the page about you on English Wikipedia.<br /><br />Your work through the years (Dasher and Without Hot Air in particular) has been an inspiration to me in many ways, and I expect to continue to benefit from it for the rest of my life, as I make more use of machine learning, among other things. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-2521343218198000892015-10-07T09:29:07.249-07:002015-10-07T09:29:07.249-07:00David
I'm very sorry to hear your news; a har...David<br /><br />I'm very sorry to hear your news; a hard time for you and family. The way you're tackling the cancering provides much inspiration as so many of your other pursuits<br /><br />Rob<br /><br /><br /><br />Rob Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463818052320197809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192775552279094637.post-15277132533869908592015-09-21T12:55:24.288-07:002015-09-21T12:55:24.288-07:00Hi David,
Just heard about this today, came searc...Hi David,<br /><br />Just heard about this today, came searching for your posts. I'll write something else directly to you, but in a very selfish way I'm extremely annoyed about this. As if it wasn't already enough to loose you to Whitehall for so long. <br /><br />You seem to be approaching this in your usual way, arch-pragmatism, saturated with intense intelligence.<br /><br />Neil<br /><br /><br />Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146108368770576624noreply@blogger.com