Re: Enough Bolides

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>>Enough with the Bolides and pseudo-science already: please take it
>>somewhere else.
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>Some of us are interested in everything.  Please bear with us.  With regard
>to bolides, science, pseudoscience and religion, many of us involved in
>teaching are confronted daily with comments from students.  I find it most
>helpful to read others' opinions and experiances.
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>Paleonet is like a party.  It is not a single-topic discussion among 800+
>people.  You may hear things that are uninteresting from time to time, but
>let those who are interested continue their discussion.  No one has to stop
>and listen, and you can delete.  You can always leave the party.  Or find
>another one more to your liking.  Paleonet serves all of paleontology and
>we should feel good that so many topics are being discussed actively.
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>Jere H. Lipps,  Director
>Museum of Paleontology
>University of California
>Berkeley, California 94720 USA

OK, what you say is fine, but please bear with us who sift through lots and
lots of messages per day(and some pay by the message).  I, for one, like Dr.
Rupnaar, see a lot of threads that discuss a subject ad naseum without
getting anywhere.  These wanton discussions are a waste of time and effort
if pursued, as they often are, in an unscientific manner.  Perhaps certain
people that take lots of time composing responses that lead nowhere would be
better off directing their efforts elsewhere, and in a more constructive
manner, if that is what they are concerned about- solving problems.  Some
people tend to be part of the problem, not the solution.

Chip Pretzman
Dept. of Molecular Genetics
The Ohio State University