Early birds had dino-feet: study

Hi, Theus.Ideally, any important find would be in an optimal setting, accessible to the greatest number of researchers and given the best professional care.OTOH, I'd like to see major finds relevant to and persuasive of evolution in every mueseum in the country and readily viewable by the public.I fear that sometimes academic specialists' absolutist views on this matter damage both the lay public's opinion and appreciation of science. Also, viewing the actual evidence can have a profound impact.In a number of ways, then, centralizing important collections only in large city or university museums can have a counterproductive effect.If this museum's facilities are lacking, we may hope that a prize like this one will help attract funding for improvements.BTW, wasn't this archie purchased from a private collection?

Since creationists are immune to data, they see scientists who defend their positions as dogmatic ("You take evolution on faith!"), and scientists who modify their positions as data come in ("If you had truly believed your prior stand, you couldn't have changed it!) as frauds.It's the new Scylla and Charybdis, but the same old song and dance.

Darn it, WK--I exercised great restraint, and you get the laughs!Malapropisms are among my favorites: totally wrong, and yet sometimes perfectly right.Edit: restrained to restraint. Ha! I actually don't exercise at all well when restrained...This message has been edited by Omnivorous, 12-05-2005 11:46 AM

That's the old softshoe act, alright: I think they go by Scalia and Scalito, now.