Louis
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| Quote (Henry J @ April 08 2008,16:28) | | Quote (Doc Bill @ April 07 2008,22:24) | Once again our Kevin expounds on that about which he knows nothing: paleontology!
Not empirical, eh? So, I guess paleontologists don't measure bone lengths and widths. Yeah, someone else must do that. I guess paleontologists don't make any measurements at all. Nope, someone else must do that like chemists and physicists. I guess paleontologists spend their time walking around the Badlands with their picks and shovels, contemplating their worldview.
Yeah, Kevin, that's what paleontologists do. |
And they make no bones about it, too! :p |
Referring back to Doc Bill's point briefly, I would like to say that as a chemist I have never taken a ruler and measured a molecule or an atom. Therefore chemistry cannot be empirical. It's all my atomist worldview dontcherknow.
As for your comments Henry, well you know I dig a lot of what you say. For an old fossil, you're a good chap. I wonder about Kevin's sincerity in all this, his statements rarely match. Of particular note is his comment about having a beer with any of us. Brushing away the surface detritus for a second, I wonder if he saurus he'd be so keen. Frankly I prefer the Inuit method of dealing with people like Kevin: feed 'em to the Kilelr whales. I'd love to see the expression on Kevin's face when he sauropod of Orca swimming towards him.
Enough? Thought so.
Louis
P.S. I was trying to get "lithification" in there but was having no luck.
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