tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post4734759279695244580..comments2023-06-10T00:38:25.377-07:00Comments on Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology: Daft semantic argument I've dragged myself intoPaul Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18101626906004768474noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-80460636868948865442008-04-09T09:47:00.000-07:002008-04-09T09:47:00.000-07:00That's too bad. Ellie tells me that there is a jo...That's too bad. Ellie tells me that there is a job going at U of C, you could pop in and introduce yourself. Also, Air Canada just announced a 50% off sale (book by the 10th April). Will send the link to your email in case you want to change your mind.Dr Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818891587044304851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-88879403182173526732008-04-08T17:26:00.000-07:002008-04-08T17:26:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, I'm not going to make it to Calgary...Unfortunately, I'm not going to make it to Calgary. My incredible jetset lifestyle is such that I'm going to San Antonio for AAPG in a week, so I need to get back to Manchester and finish my poster.Paul Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101626906004768474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-21080858134749937252008-04-07T10:59:00.000-07:002008-04-07T10:59:00.000-07:00Paul,I think your letter will be OK. I carefully ...Paul,<BR/>I think your letter will be OK. I carefully reread what you'd written, after I spotted your response to my comment, just in case I'd got the wrong end of the stick the first time around. I hadn't, but your comment and the link did clarify things a bit. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with your U of A interview, it would be great to have you back in Canada. Any plans for a detour to Calgary while you are here? :-)Dr Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818891587044304851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-16556221134702834462008-04-07T04:06:00.000-07:002008-04-07T04:06:00.000-07:00Michelle,Don't worry, I did giggle to myself when ...Michelle,<BR/><BR/>Don't worry, I did giggle to myself when you brought up the Argument Sketch...<BR/><BR/>Steve Novella is a very smart fellow. Reading his blog post helped crystallise what I was thinking, which is unfortunately not as clear as it could be in the draught that got sent to the journal. I'm not sure whether I'll be allowed to make changes, because as far as I can gather Dr. Peacock is going to write a reply. But if you undestood that point, perhaps it's clear enough after all.<BR/><BR/>See all the stuff I waste my time worrying about?<BR/><BR/>As it turns out, I'm going to be in Edmonton tomorrow. I have an interview at U of A on Thursday, for a faculty position on the new petroleum geology MSc they're starting up.Paul Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101626906004768474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-30232824656719489562008-04-04T13:12:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:12:00.000-07:00Hey Paul,I did understand your point and I'm sorry...Hey Paul,<BR/><BR/>I did understand your point and I'm sorry if I came over as being a bit flippant. I am just of the opinion that, with a language as flexible as English, context is everything. This is probably why the Monty Python sketch sprang to mind. <BR/><BR/>In the end what you are doing is making a clarification since creationists, geo-creationist sympathisers, and geologists are not likely to stop using the word. If one camp chooses to misinterpret what another camp says, when <I>any</I> synonymous geological word is used (when the word is used in context), then that is nothing short of wilful ignorance. Sadly, no amount of semantic argument is going to prevent that. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to read your I.D. link now. That subject is as fascinating as it is disturbing.<BR/><BR/>MichDr Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818891587044304851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-28725459166746874732008-04-02T01:53:00.000-07:002008-04-02T01:53:00.000-07:00Cheers Michelle.There's a more serious point lurki...Cheers Michelle.<BR/><BR/>There's a more serious point lurking in there somewhere, which is that we can't be picking and choosing terms to please creationists. In structural geology, we're studying systems that have order (otherwise there wouldn't be any structure to study). If you start to say that any implication of order has overtones of creationism, you're lost. The question is not whether or not there is order: it's what process created that order. It's a creationist misdirection to suggest that only some intelligent designer can impart order.<BR/><BR/>This point is made a lot more clearly by <A HREF="http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php?p=260" REL="nofollow">Steve Novella</A>.Paul Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101626906004768474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-48384484211138776442008-03-14T08:51:00.000-07:002008-03-14T08:51:00.000-07:00I forgot to add: Good luck with your paper!I forgot to add: Good luck with your paper!Dr Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818891587044304851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364385671554081025.post-29090430588218961802008-03-14T08:47:00.000-07:002008-03-14T08:47:00.000-07:00Sadly I can't access the first half of the discuss...Sadly I can't access the first half of the discussion (being a mere industry employee), but, from what you've written, it seems as though you are making a fair, and somewhat important, point. If you help clarify the terminology that we use, your efforts won't have been wasted.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, your post did bring to mind Monty Python's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUt7ypEI5Uk" REL="nofollow">Argument Sketch</A> Sorry :-SDr Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818891587044304851noreply@blogger.com