To: Bellflower
Isn't this shorthand just too heavily relied upon because the thought that it implies is imbedded in the process? Definitely not. At least not to the biologist. Still, I cringe when I hear it on TV documentaries because I'm sure there is some young kid out there watching who will get the wrong idea.
Unfortunately, there is no quick and easy way to describe it, so if the description has to be used repeatedly, it will always be the shorthand.
183 posted on
12/22/2004 4:01:56 AM PST by
beavus
To: beavus
Yep, I cringe, too. It's not always just some "young kid" who gets that idea from the documentaries, though, unfortunately. And like you said, there's no easy way to describe it without the shorthand now.
194 posted on
12/22/2004 5:05:03 AM PST by
Gondring
(They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson