RE: Magnapaulia, "new" lambeosaurine from Baja California, Mexico

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Mike Keesey
>
> Unfortunately there's the little matter of history.
> 
> > It's like saying the United States needs to stop being a 
> free market economy and adopt communism.
> 
> That analogy doesn't make any sense to me. It's more like 
> QWERTY keyboards -- they were adopted  for a reason that is 
> no longer viable, but we can't change to something more 
> efficient (like Dvorak) because everyone's too used to them.

^ THIS!

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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