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I e-mailed a scientist...; ...and he e-mailed me back!
Topic Started: Jan 4 2011, 01:04 PM (1,903 Views)
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The Bill Amend? Nice!

I recognize the name, but I can't remember what comic strip he does. I'm thinking "Pearls Before Swine," but I doubt that. Which one does he do?
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Jan 7 2011, 03:15 AM
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Let's invite Dougal Dixon here.
Sure, why not? somehow from the context I imagine your post with an ironic, almost sarchastic tone, but I don't think inviting him here would be that bad.

I think he was the one who got many here into speculative biology/evolution in the first place.
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Jan 7 2011, 06:20 PM
The Bill Amend? Nice!

I recognize the name, but I can't remember what comic strip he does. I'm thinking "Pearls Before Swine," but I doubt that. Which one does he do?
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Jan 7 2011, 02:20 PM
Maybe it will generate more scientific interest if we have one of the founding fathers here?
Or maybe it will generate popularity. I give my blessing to Operation Dixon.
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I say we should call it the Noremak Project, in the vein of the Manhattan Project.
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Or Dixon Rising.
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Dawn of the Dixon.
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So, I think we should sort of coordinate this whole thing. I don't think one of us should email him all by themself. Too much is at stake!

But seriously, we should think through what we want to put in there. I can make a rough draft first and everyone then points out things they'd like to change.
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That sounds good. I think we need the most experienced Speccers to have their say, he wont want to join if he sees we are all snotty up our arse teenagers. I think we should be careful if we are going to take this step, i mean imagine if you have studied biology for your whole life only then to have some 16 year old insist that you are wrong....
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