-Irate
"He says there's no doubt about it, it was the myth of fingerprints.
I've seen them all and man, they're all the same." - Paul Simon
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>From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On
Behalf Of
>dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
>Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 10:48 AM
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: Re: RE: NANFA-L-- What Happens When Fish Suck?
>
>Irate, you have the same say-so that the rest of us have -- the
>political process. Far worse expenditures than fish sucking studies
>get through -- like killing people. So, we have work to do.
>
>David L. McNeely, Ph.D
>"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Irate Mormon <archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net>
>Date: Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:23 pm
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- What Happens When Fish Suck?
>> Peter, that is a good response. That is probably the very pitch
>> he made
>> to get the grant money, or something similar. It IS a very
compelling
>> argument. You do have to make your proposal fit into the big
>> picture in
>> order to get funding.
>>
>> But seriously, what are the chances that anything significant will
>> comefrom this study? I'll admit the probability is non-zero, but
>> it isn't
>> very high either. Smaller still are the odds of any practical
>> application (i.e. real world) arising therefrom. I can't blame anyone
>> for being curious - I totally understand that. But I think there
>> oughtto be a litmus test- say, "If I had to pay for this with my
>> own money,
>> would I still do the research?" All those little thousand dollar
>> grantsand stuff add up to real money over time. And guys like me
>> have to fork
>> over tax money without having a say-so in the matter.
>>
>> -Irate
>>
>> They call me Irate for a reason...:-)
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