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: John Kahane (jkahane) wrote,
2012-08-30 10:23:00

John Kahane
jkahane
2012-08-30 10:23:00

Mood: busy
Music: Jethro Tull - "Adrift and Dumbfounded"

What's In a (Dinosaur) Name?

Over on Wired.com in the one of the sub-blogs, there's an interesting if odd piece about, well, dinosaur snobbishness, and what's wrong with some dinosaur names.

Alt Text: Dinosaurs With Dumb Names Are a Pox on Paleontology

While the piece is interesting, there's an interesting point of rebuttal about this expressed by Brian Switek that puts it all into a bit of perspective (I think).

What's Wrong with Giraffatitan?

Tags: dinosaurs, news, palaeontology, science hut

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What's In a (Dinosaur) Name?

International Human Rights Day

R.I.P. Alex Trebek (1940-2020)

R.I.P.: Sir Sean Connery (1930-2020)

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