Re: This McLean Stuff

[pwillis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul Willis)]

TomDeVrie@aol.com invites comment on the recent string of letters from
Dewey McLean concerning the K/T impact debate.

What McLean has presented so far has been focused on the "Scandal" side of
the issue; there has not been as much attention paid to the actual
palaeontology involved. I would like to see more of the latter discussed on
this list and less of the former.

However, with regard to the manipulations and manoverings claimed by
McLean, I fear that this could blow out to palaeontological "Watergate",
which is the last thing we need. Why do cases of scientific fraud and
deception in science seem to have an unhealthy prevalance in palaeontology?
(I'm thinking of Piltdown, Gupta and now K/T impacts).


Cheers, Paul


Dr Paul M.A. Willis
Consulting Vertebrate Palaeontologist
Quinkana Pty Ltd
pwillis@ozemail.com.au