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His point, apparently, is that paleontologists aren't allowed to use source materials or their education to identify skull and bone samples. I think it's found under section 2, subsection b (iv) of the Paleontologist Rulebook -- which reads -- "With each find, a working paleontologist in the field must forget all prior knowledge and eschew all reference materials, make a wild-ass guess at what he's holding in his hand, and avoid at all costs any further examination of the find after a shower and a shave."


315 posted on 08/18/2006 12:30:24 PM PDT by atlaw
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To: atlaw
His point, apparently, is that paleontologists aren't allowed to use source materials or their education to identify skull and bone samples. I think it's found under section 2, subsection b (iv) of the Paleontologist Rulebook -- which reads -- "With each find, a working paleontologist in the field must forget all prior knowledge and eschew all reference materials, make a wild-ass guess at what he's holding in his hand, and avoid at all costs any further examination of the find after a shower and a shave."

Uh, my belief is that the ToE offers the best explanation for speciation we currently have. Snide comments like this are exactly what makes me think that there may be more political/religious fervor behind the pro-Darwinian side of the argument than the young Earth Creationist side. And that's saying something!
318 posted on 08/18/2006 12:36:47 PM PDT by Antoninus (Public schools are the madrassas of the American Left. --Ann Coulter, Godless)
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I thought I did pretty good.


348 posted on 08/18/2006 3:25:13 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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