Re: nomenclature vs. identification key (last one)

["Demetrios M Vital" <vita0015@umn.edu>]

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From: "Steve Salisbury" <steve_salisbury@BIGPOND.COM>
To: "Dinolist" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: nomenclature vs. identification key (last one)

> Identifying a pattern involves using assumptions.  Objectivity is just
> another Holy Grail.  As individuals we can't help but be subjective.
> Enbrace subjectivity and Science is much less of a hassle.

Objectivity cannot be achieved, true, but that's what science and research
bring us close to; some would say, it is the ultimate goal of science.  To
ignore that is to ignore the core and origin of science.  Why be a scientist
then?  Be a 19th century German rationalist.  Or a philosopher.

> And the Crusades are over.  What will the Church spend all its money on
> then?

What?

-Demetrios Vital