Posted on 01/14/2015 9:55:35 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Yeah, Clovis First was a good example of the “establishment” suppressing good research. So is much of the Leaky dominated period of human ancestry. It still is risky to suggest new understandings but at least it is now possible. It took DNA research to break that one free.
And yet, just a few years ago the orthodoxy was that neandertals and modern humans were completely different species who could not possibly interbreed.
Maybe, maybe not, but I’m willing to bet that they tried hard.
OK, I'm a conservative Christian, maybe I'm biased. But it set off my BS detector even then.
As did some other BS stuff I read, such as the book “the First Sex” by Davis. I couldn't explain why it was BS exactly, because in those days I though professors sought the truth. I have better tools to do that now.
Nevertheless, a minimally logical mind could determine that conclusions were being drawn that weren't supported by the evidence presented.
And that was enough for me.
I once pi$$ed off my academic advisor (a professor of Ottoman History, and a good one) by replying to his opinion that I could go for a PhD in History, i.e. follow his career path into the Ivory Tower, by telling him I was not inclined to join the priesthood. I don’t think he ever forgave me for that quip, but the pretensions of intellectual loftiness characteristic of that class always rubbed me the wrong way.
Well, I quit work and went for a PhD at 40. It was in engineering, though, and few of my professors were Americans, so I didn’t have to put up with any BS.
I don’t doubt you found little of what I referred to in the College Of Engineering. That, or one in any of the hard sciences really, would be a doctorate worthy of respect.
It was hard, especially financially. On theother hand, Igot to spend a lot more time with my kids, so it was worth it just for that reason.
On thing I found out, though. Getting a Phd ( or an MD, for that matter; I’ve known some dumb physicians) doesn’t really require much more than average intelligence. Boy, though, you have to be stubborn, unwilling to admit defeat in the endeavor, and just plain stick-to-it-tiveness.
WOW! I haven’t seen that photo in 60 years yet I immediately recognized it as the Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
I saw that photo in MONSTERS magazine way back then!
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