Time to shut up Bob!
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: State of Science -- more interesting but OT stuff...
> From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: State of Science -- more interesting but OT stuff...
>
>
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Not enough time to comment in depth. I've been reminded already how far
OT
> > this is.
> >
> > You make many good points. I agree with virtually all of them. You are
> > correct, it is the sensationalism I am objecting to... when a member of
the
> > scientific community is quoted however, I also reserve the right to
decide
> > (in my mind) whether they are speculating Vs. speaking science.
>
> Yeah, right. I've been quoted by the media before too. If you stop
insisting on listening
> to the media, and stop being so damned accepting of the accuracy and
context of their
> quotes, you may, just may learn something. The point is: stop listening to
the pig tell
> you what the horse said. Get your information from the horse's mouth. You
stand there
> ready to make a judgment on a significant portion of the scientific
community based on
> hearsay. I certainly don't want you on my jury!
>
> > My comments seem to have implied to many that I may have doubted the
> > existence of extra-solar planets, or the evidence thereof. That is not
the
> > case. It is more the tone in which the announcements are made. The
media
> > as you say, may be to blame for that. OTOH, the scientific community
uses
> > the media as their mouthpiece, do they not?
>
> Sometimes, but generally no. Much of what you get in the way of science is
gleaned from
> journals and reports not made to or intended for the media. The various
wire services have
> science writers who's job it is to read the material and then turn it into
copy that will
> sell - translate as glue your eyeball to the tube. You are naive. The
media's ONLY goal is
> to make money through advertising. This is the ONLY way they make money.
The more
> listeners or readers, the more they can charge per minute or inch. They
are not about to
> report the mundane. Beyond the media's only goal (money) there are the
personal (and very
> large) ego's involved and a very real desire to wield power. It's time for
you to get over
> the quaint idea that the "news" is about giving you news. It's time for
you to stop
> sitting around on your arse accepting what you are spoon fed and
denigrating entire
> professions (or significant portions thereof) based on your personal
interpretation of
> this pabulum.
>
> Regards,
> Bob...
> -------------------------------
> "In the carboniferous epoch
> we were promised perpetual peace.
> They swore if we gave up our weapons
> that the wars of the tribes would cease.
> But when we disarmed they sold us,
> and delivered us, bound, to our foe.
> And the gods of the copybook headings said,
> 'Stick to the devil you know.' "
> --Rudyard Kipling
>
>
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