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Re: T.rex Predation and/or scavenging
"Obdurate"? "Conflate"? As is scientific lingo weren't confusing enough...
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> From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
> To: m_troutman@hotmail.com
> Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: T.rex Predation and/or scavenging
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 1997 4:34 PM
>
> In a message dated 97-09-11 18:26:15 EDT, m_troutman@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << I didn't say you were being " obdurate" I just disagree. ( That is if
> you were refering to me.) >>
>
> Not specifically.
>
> << But regarding "compelling evidence", nothing is for certain in the
> study of past life and there isn't any compelling evidence for *any*
> theory.
> But that's just one little guy's opinion. >>
>
> There's a major difference between >certainty< and compelling evidence;
you
> shouldn't conflate the two.