Re: paleonet superiority!

[Peter Roopnarine <proopnarine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps if Mr. Pristis could present a concrete example it would be 
helpful. I am not being cynical, but dealing in hypotheticals is 
pointless. I could just as easily say that all professional 
paleontologists, since the granting of the first advanced degree in the 
discipline, have been completely honest, diligent, generous, 
industrious, and have held "amateurs" in the highest regard. And someone 
else could say the opposite. And Harry claims some number in between. 
These are unknowable sets and hardly worth pursuing beyond pointing out 
that there is a fundamental ethos adhering to every industry, academia 
certainly not withstanding, and the initial responsibility of teaching 
and maintaining those ethics lies with the professional community.

Summary: Abandon this thread unless the information content increases.

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Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine, Chair, Asst. Curator
Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
California Academy of Sciences
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