Re: Bird Science

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

John Pourtless (vindexurvogel@hotmail.com) wrote:

<I find this characterization of Ornithology entirely egregious, and
without any merit whatsoever in factuality.  Ornithology is much a science
as any other discipline, and alternative viewpoints to popular theories
(and I am going beyond just the ABSRD and MANIAC standpoints) are equally
so.  Something is seriously wrong when an entire discipline has been
disparaged and relegated to the realm of pseudoscience because of opposing
viewpoints.>

  As in the discussion with Mickey Mortimer, this comment misses the point
of the replied message. Dora was expressing how the ornithology list is
NOT run as the Dinosaur list. On this list, far more than any other I
noticed, scientists literally discuss issues with students and lay people,
whereas Dora expressed not so much rigorous discussion but "chat" on the
ornithology list, which is remarkable. We hear more about bird biology and
evolution on THIS list than on THAT, which was her point.

  Cheers,

=====
Jaime A. Headden

  Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to making leaps 
in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do.  We should all 
learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather than zoom by it.

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)


        
                
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