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Re: Paleo21 - Avocational paleontologists



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>>Sounds just fine to me.  Behave like one, get called one.    Jere
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>What about Porcupines falling out of trees evolving into birds? Is
>that too avocational?
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Yep, just a little.  Because its not exactly behaving like a paleontologist
(who is, in most cases, a person practising science through critical
thinking and evidential reasoning)!  But if you've got the evidence and the
critical capabilities, then go for it.  Better be real good tho.

Jere H. Lipps, Professor and Director
Department of Integrative Biology and
Museum of Paleontology
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720 USA

Voice:  510-642-9006.  Fax:  510-642-1822.
Internet:  jlipps@ucmp1.berkeley.edu
WWW:  http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu/jlipps/jlipps.html