Re: Early Human Relative Predates Even Dinosaurs

[MICHAEL MURPHY <4mjmu@rogers.com>]

As long as we don't get into "Jesus rode a brontosaur" territory I'm okay with 
it.

--- On Wed, 7/29/09, Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com> wrote:

> From: Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>
> Subject: Early Human Relative Predates Even Dinosaurs
> To: VRTPALEO@usc.edu, dinosaur@usc.edu
> Received: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 12:46 AM
> Well here's another fine grabber
> headline, this time from MSNBC:
> 
> "Early Human Relative Predates Even Dinosaurs"
> 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32194062/ns/technology_and_science-science/
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Dan
> 
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> 
> Raptorial Talon wrote:
> > Welcome to the internet.
> >
> >
> > It's interesting to see what people's behavior turns
> into when social
> > and economic consequences removed. Quite revealing.
> >
> > I've found that at least half of the people online in
> any given venue
> > (well, some more so than others) are either jerks,
> idiots, or both,
> > and the debates between idiots who think that
> vehemence and repetition
> > are logical arguments on the one hand and jerks who
> believe their
> > intelligence gives them a moral imperative to be
> belligerent and
> > asinine on the other far too frequently drown out the
> respectable half
> > of the participants.
> >
> > It's all relative, to be sure, and scientists aren't
> immune, of
> > course. No demographic is. But I believe that
> scientists and people of
> > like mindsets really should take it upon themselves to
> demonstrate
> > civility and constructive debating technique. A core
> aspect of science
> > is to move towards objectivity via mutually respectful
> debate, a
> > concept utterly lost on too many internet users, whose
> egos take full
> > reign once they realize that online status has little
> to do with
> > decorum - or, god forbid, politeness. (Or objectivity,
> in most cases.)
> >
> > And lest it seem ironic, yes, I recognize that people
> who use the
> > internet for showing off or getting self-righteous
> need to take a
> > broader view. ;p
> >
> > /end rant
> >
> > I wonder if there's a market for professional
> site-moderation.
> >
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