Re: JVP, SVP...too many 'VP's...

["ekaterina amalitzkaya" <eamalitz@hotmail.com>]

> qualification for membership is sponsorship by an SVP member.
> Since there are ethics and other agreements involved, I would not >sponsor 
> someone whom I did not know personally.

One can only marvel at the kinds of hang-ups people have with the  mere act 
of subscription for a scholarly journal. With such an attitude it is 
unlikely that the real science of paleontology reaches the public. All they 
will have is the "interest" and the pseudo-scientific press to whet their 
tastes. It is time that paleotologists make their work more accessible to 
the public with all the science un-diluted rather make statements about 
others naivette. For example of the large section of 10-12 year old kids 
getting excited about a new giant theropod there would be at least some 
willing to pour over the bones and pursue science with great vigor. They 
sure are as entitled to reading or writing a scientific a scientific paper 
on a carcharodontosaur as an 18 year old with high ethical concerns
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