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[upsilon_prime]

So today after going to my last post wisdom teeth checkup I went to Panera when on my way out I walked past one of the speakers from Worldcon.  Now i did know he lives in the area.  He teaches at Union if i remember and his dog was named "Queen of Niskayuna" which is about half way between Troy and Schenectady

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[iceddawn]

Yuss, go with an email. Who knows, this could be a great person to discuss QM with ^_^ .

[upsilon_prime]

yeah, he wrote a book about QM as though he were teaching it to his dog. This is why i remember the name of his dog.

[xraytheenforcer]

Agreed with Vanessa -- email should be just fine and keep it fairly neutral (as Ness said, you never know what people's relationships might be). Speaking as someone who has found other scientists in fandom, I can attest that it's definitely kind of fun to find a compatriot in a total non-science setting because you have an excuse to talk about other things than your work. Or, even better, you find people in disciplines you'd almost never run across (because you're never in that department).

LJ is a good way to not fall off the face of the planet, I've found (I most definitely have those tendencies).

[the_corbie]

Email away. What's the worst that could happen? Wasting two minutes writing an email?

But as Vanessa said, don't criticise the other panellist. Apart from anything else, it's an implicit criticism of his moderating, and it's never good for someone's first impressions of you to be critical anyway. Save that for a conversation further down the line, if at all. ;)

[regina_of_york]

Agree with what the others said--email away, just don't mention the other panelist.

And don't fall off the face of the planet--stay here with us on LJ!

[upsilon_prime]

Ugh, i hate all of you. Of course e-mailing him is the proper thing to do, but it's the sort of shit that makes me all nervous. Did i use the proper introduction? Does it have the right feel?

In person you get so many cues and can shape what you say next and little faux pas is quickly forgotten rather than being permanently recorded in electronic form.

Well, here i go.

[fenryng]

Okay, now, see, the fact that you are concerned about the things you listed above means that you are ahead of the curve. You just listed several things as to why I am so cautious about posting anywhere.

Keep it SHORT, keep it SIMPLE, keep it POLITE.

The length of the man's response, if any, will be an indicator as to how interested he is with what you said.