Re: Robert Gentry

Bill Hamilton (hamilton@predator.cs.gmr.com)
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:02:40 -0500

I sent the following message privately to Juli Kuhl, then decided it might
serve as a reminder to all of us that this group can and should serve an
educational function when possible. I will be glad to try to answer
questions from nonexperts, as I am sure most of us will be.

>
>You wrote on the evolution reflector
>
>> Is there any chance at all that you educated types could keep in
>>mind that us non-scientifically trained folks are peering thru the
>>knothole at what you're saying and find it hard to understand what looks
>>like ultra-technical jargon?
>> While I certainly would never think of trying to stifle clear
>>communication between/among scientists, if you keep in mind us little guys
>>are hanging around the edges to learn something, it would be just grand!
>> Thanx, guys and gals!
>
>I hope we will all remember that there is no such thing as a dumb question.
>Please feel free to ask qwuestions either on the reflector or by sending
>private notes to the posters. Many of us have learned what we discuss on
>the reflector by our own efforts, not by formal education, so we're
>sympathetic to the problem of the nonexpert trying to learn something. Please
>be patient and willing to ask questions. You will be rewarded. And welcome
>to the reflector.
>
>

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