RE: paleonet one more Re: Burgess Shale theft

["Fuller, Daryl" <Daryl.Fuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like the quote "Obsessions are antidotes to obstacles."  We just have to
be effusive in our enthusiasm for and towards the value/usefulness of our
fossils, and the captured scientific information thus enclosed. My first
comment when I discovered my first fossil was also "How much is it worth?".
It took me a few years to understand the answer I received to that question.
The answer was from a Paleo group President, who said "No commercial value,
but of great scientific value. It may show something unique that no other
fossil shows. Treat all fossils as valuable."
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> Daryl Fuller
>     Vancouver, BC      
> e-mail: daryl.fuller@bchydro.com
> 
> Foramcrazy@cs.com wrote, in part.....
...all of our anger is probably a waste of time.  They profess to be 
> intelligent, but either cannot or refuse to see the whole picture.  If you
> 
> need any more proof, try teaching an Earth Science course.  The first 
> question, every time we get to fossils, is "how much is it worth?"  And if
> 
> the answer is not thousands of dollar, they become disinterested.   
> Unfortunately, this is the attitude of most nonscientists, even of many 
> nonpaleontologists.  So what can the few do to convince the many?
>