Guy Consolmagno on Talk-O-Matic and Early Chat Rooms

„One of the more popular activities was “Talk-O-Matic”. Five people at a time could write messages, and read each other's messages, on the same screen. Today, Internet chat rooms work on the same principle. One of the remarkable new features of this page was that you could log in with an invented name, and pretend you were anyone you wanted - any name, any age, any gender. One favorite trick was to log in using the name of someone else already logged into the page, simply to confuse everyone else.“

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Jesuit and chief astronomer at the Vatican, known for his research on the connection between science and religion.

Guy Consolmagno describes early online chat rooms and the emerging possibilities of virtual identities.


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Guy Consolmagno is an American Jesuit and astronomer who serves as the director of the Vatican Observatory. He is known for his efforts to bridge science and faith, especially in the fields of planetary science and extraterrestrial life.

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