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Comment Re: discovering a species of fly (Score 5, Informative) 126

by sciencecomedian on Sunday January 11, 2009 @10:04PM (#26412355) Attached to: Stand-Up Comic Makes Science Funny

Correction: I didn't discover a new species of fly - but I did take a picture that may be the first known occurrence of a particular species in this part of the world (the Nearctic): http://bugguide.net/node/view/21487 (but it's a species known in other parts of the world)

Comment Re:Fitted? (Score 5, Insightful) 126

by sciencecomedian on Sunday January 11, 2009 @09:12PM (#26411923) Attached to: Stand-Up Comic Makes Science Funny

'We found his humor delightfully nerdy, and he fitted right in,' said Kevin Grazier, who is a planetary scientist and author. Ugh, really? It's hard to keep feeling superior to the artsies when other scientists are using words like 'fitted' in this context.

In Kevin's defense, he says he was misquoted. Seeing that appalled him, too. So you can still respect scientists.

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