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RE: My little paper reinforcing generic status of Giraffatitan etc




 
apologies about the formatting.



> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:33:46 +0000
> From: keenir@hotmail.com
> To: turtlecroc@yahoo.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: RE: My little paper reinforcing generic status of Giraffatitan etc
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> > Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:37:46 -0700
> > From: turtlecroc@yahoo.com
> > To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Subject: Re: My little paper reinforcing generic status of Giraffatitan etc
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> > Things are becoming more and more decentralized which can be 
> > good for science.
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> The main problem (imho) is that as things get more decentralized, it gets 
> harder to keep up with the current state of affairs of the field.
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> > I regularly see junk published in reputable journals, 
> > while some stuff on blogs is really insightful. The main problem with 
> > blog posts is they can disappear, i.e. get deleted, at any time. 
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> That's another problem of decentralization. (granted, its also a risk with 
> some journals)
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> > There was an interesting and relevant article in the NYT a few years
> > back... For those who missed it:
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> > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/health/02docs.html?pagewanted=all
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> > Paul P.
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