A friend gets a trilobite named after him 28 Apr 200818 Sep 2017 … Wilkins turns green with envy. There’s a special sort of immortality for those who work in paleontology which clearly outweighs the total lack of jobs and remuneration: having a species named after you. My friend and accredited geologist and paleontologist has now had a trilobite named after him. Ladies and gentlemen, below the fold, Chris Nedin’s tribble, Megapharanaspis nedini! Pretty little thing, isn’t it? Of course, nobody would ever name a fossil after a philosopher, would they? You need to find something with no definite shape, for a start. [Hint!] Administrative General Science
Administrative Nominate me for something 19 Jun 2009 I put a lot of work into some of my posts. I’d really love it if readers would nominate them for either Open Laboratory (see button to the side), or for a Carnival or something. I never get carnivaled and it’s giving me a complex. Otherwise I develop deep feelings… Read More
Administrative Changing commenting system 3 May 2011 I am trialling the Disqus commenting system, since it means you do not have to enter your details every time if you are registered. Some have told me they cannot see the old comments. If you are having trouble, let me know. Read More
Epistemology Tautology 7: Conclusions 6 Sep 2009 So to finish, I will repeat the conclusion, and then make some comments on Fodor’s attack on “Darwinism”. Here is the complete series: The tautology problem Tautology 1a: corrections Tautology 1b: Butler Tautology 2: The problem arises Tautology 3: The problem spreads Tautology 4: What is a tautology? Tautology 5a:… Read More
Nedin makes the big time, eh? Good on ‘im! About 15 years ago, he and Andrew Macrae helped me (over the net!) to figure out the identity of a trilobite fossil I had received, that was mislabelled.
I thought you were your own one-man (one-ape?) subspecies Gorilla Australini Albini Wilkini or GAAW for short as in: “gaaw blimy, it’s a white Aussie ape!”
Awwww…Ill put you on my list of people who want me to name stuff after them, if I ever find anything…If I ever get a phd scholarship and get to pretend Im a serious academic…