1. Comment #39276 by AndyD on May 10, 2007 at 8:49 am

Everyone support this. Watch E. O. Wilson's TED Talks video if you haven't. His appreciation and love of life and all its mysteries should be an inspiration to everyone.

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2. Comment #39336 by Bizarro Dawkins on May 10, 2007 at 10:50 am

Incredible!

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3. Comment #39338 by Robert Maynard on May 10, 2007 at 10:59 am

I heard about this on Pharyngula. Hugely ambitious, but if there was ever a time when technology allowed for such a project, it's now! The idea of an essentially peer-reviewed wiki (except in this case, with experts, if I've got my facts straight) with scalable detail is head-explodingly, tear-jerkingly fantastic.
I can't wait for it to get up and running.

I look forward to the announcement for the Encyclopedia of Creation, a rival project funded by creationist think-tanks to counter EOL's liberal, evolutionist bias.

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4. Comment #39348 by CJ on May 10, 2007 at 11:36 am

One of the most important projects ever. Signed up offering my services as a proof reader. They are going to need a lot of foot soldiers to make this work.

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5. Comment #39368 by Bremas on May 10, 2007 at 12:27 pm

The link now sits in my Science favorites folder. This is pretty cool. And I agree with supporting it in any way possible.

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6. Comment #39371 by Yorker on May 10, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Excellent idea, I have long thought highly of Ed Wilson and will do whatever I can to support this with time, effort and money.

[Edit] I just thought that Attenborough could provide invaluable help here.

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7. Comment #39375 by Yorker on May 10, 2007 at 12:39 pm

I wonder if someone has collared Templeton on this matter, see if they can get him to spend some money on something useful for a change.

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8. Comment #39384 by ridelo on May 10, 2007 at 1:16 pm

This is a wonderful project. I can't wait!

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9. Comment #39410 by Buddha on May 10, 2007 at 2:38 pm

I think the easily navigable taxonomy that was demo'd in the video would be fantastic - it would have made "The Ancestors Tale" really come to life if it had been available when I read it.

I did make the suggestion when I registered on EOL that they should use Cameron Diaz as the subject for the Homo Sapiens page. Mmmmm

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10. Comment #39437 by Militant Heathen on May 10, 2007 at 4:07 pm

Sounds interesting. Will it have animals that are extinct in the encyclopedia?

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11. Comment #39501 by gcooke on May 11, 2007 at 2:10 am

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

>Will it have animals that are extinct in the encyclopedia?

If you type them in you'll get "404 Not Found"

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12. Comment #39533 by elfinabout on May 11, 2007 at 4:32 am

Awesome. As in the original meaning of awesome - actually inspiring awe. :o)

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13. Comment #39561 by jonecc on May 11, 2007 at 6:13 am

Brilliant. As in the original meaning of brilliant - shining a light.

Fantastic. As in the original meaning of fantastic - from the Greek, to make things visible.

As Robert Maynard says (#39338), now we just have to wait for the inferior creationist rip-off.

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14. Comment #39642 by briancoughlanworldcitizen on May 11, 2007 at 12:23 pm

Wow,this looks pretty amazing. We live in a radical age of exponential change. Most of the things central to my life didn't even exist 5 or 10 years ago.

Skype, youtube, librivox, bittorrent, wikipedia, this site, google, wifi, google earth, 24 mbits a second at home ..... the list is endless. Damn exciting.

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15. Comment #40249 by Mikado on May 14, 2007 at 3:04 am

The Creationists are getting more devious, even they are evolving.
I think Darwin will do for me for the time being.

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