12 February 2012

Naming Shape-shifting dinosaurs

A refrain in this video is "Scientists like to name things..." It's a nice little study, at one level, in how perceptions and comparative observations interact with assumptions and reslut in naming...

Jack Horner: Shape-shifting dinosaurs | Video on TED.com
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The Bible in a Disenchanted Age -a brief review

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