Re: Gould

[Larry Dunn <majestic_cheese@yahoo.com>]

--- Ralph Chapman <Chapman.Ralph@NMNH.SI.EDU> wrote:

> First of all, although some have suggested that
> Steve is
> pretty much your typical popularizer who has not
> done much
> to contribute to the primary literature, 

And of course, all of your other good arguments aside,
we'd all probably agree that there's nothing wrong
with popularization, as long as it is accurate.

The opposite is in fact true.  Isn't it?

(Except, I would imagine, in the minds of those who
feel that paleontology is essentially masturbatory,
pardon the analogy.)

Dinosaurs, and _Anomalocaris_, are for everyone to enjoy.

=====
Larry

"You look like an Albanian fellow whose owl has just died."

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