Comments on: Lecturing in London http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/ A blog about, well, science, society and stuff... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dr. James McInerney http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-382 Dr. James McInerney Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:16:00 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-382 Have a look at Som Tsoi has to say about it:<br/><br/>http://www.igloo.org/withoutauthority/academic Have a look at Som Tsoi has to say about it:

http://www.igloo.org/withoutauthority/academic

]]> By: fatmammycat http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-381 fatmammycat Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:44:00 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-381 Professional jealously is funny at times. Professional jealously is funny at times.

]]> By: Dr. James McInerney http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-380 Dr. James McInerney Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-380 oh, I don't know. There is surely a lesson to be learned about being dogmatic. Things change. People learn new things and old ideas are replaced by new ones. When an idea is clearly correct, you are a fool to not accept it. Refusing to see the blindingly obvious was Owen's big mistake. Thomas Henry Huxley saw Darwin's theories for what they were and he made a tremendous career furthering Darwin's work. Owen could have done the same, but his antipathy to Darwin prevented him from changing.<br/><br/>I think it is an interesting story. oh, I don’t know. There is surely a lesson to be learned about being dogmatic. Things change. People learn new things and old ideas are replaced by new ones. When an idea is clearly correct, you are a fool to not accept it. Refusing to see the blindingly obvious was Owen’s big mistake. Thomas Henry Huxley saw Darwin’s theories for what they were and he made a tremendous career furthering Darwin’s work. Owen could have done the same, but his antipathy to Darwin prevented him from changing.

I think it is an interesting story.

]]> By: sheepworrier http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-379 sheepworrier Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:43:00 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2008/01/30/lecturing-in-london/#comment-379 Not a very uplifting story, Doc... Not a very uplifting story, Doc…

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