RE: Tell me more about _______?
December 29, 2013 at 8:03 am
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2013 at 8:11 am by orogenicman.)
1) I don't have a fear of horses, cows, llamas, spiders, crabs, or snakes, though sharks, lions, tigers, and bears scare the hell out of me.
2) I am not afraid of heights, but have a rational fear of that sudden stop at the end of a high fall.
3) I am a geologist who has done hydrogeology work as an environmental consultant in 13 states, though I haven't worked in the profession for 10 years due to disability.
4) I am now a board member of the Louisville Astronomical Society (LAS), which has been informing the public about astronomy for 80 years.
5) I am divorced.
6) I once walked right by William Shatner at the World Championship Horse Show and didn't know it until my (then) wife pointed him out to me.
2) I am not afraid of heights, but have a rational fear of that sudden stop at the end of a high fall.
3) I am a geologist who has done hydrogeology work as an environmental consultant in 13 states, though I haven't worked in the profession for 10 years due to disability.
4) I am now a board member of the Louisville Astronomical Society (LAS), which has been informing the public about astronomy for 80 years.
5) I am divorced.
6) I once walked right by William Shatner at the World Championship Horse Show and didn't know it until my (then) wife pointed him out to me.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
