The real take-home lesson is not that the consensus of scientists can be wrong, but that even a powerful consensus can be overcome by data. That is the ultimate strength of the larger scientific method.
I was visiting my father, and spent some time looking at some of the Time-Life books that he bought for us when we were young. They were a treasure of knowledge, and I always loved reading them. I happened on a page showing an artist's rendering of a deep sea exploratory drilling rig. The caption talked about the way the sediment cores showed changes in the layers of sediment as they were sampled at different distances from the mid-ocean ridge. It included some speculation about sea-floor spreading and its significance for geology. This book was published in the early 1970s.
You mean, that's not the way to do an interview? When they ask the question about my 'greatest mistake', I can talk for an hour! I thought I was aceing the interview, with my long and engaging story about the hazardous waste shed!
The camera on the phone still can make the 'shutter' sound when you take a picture. What's odd is the idea that the camera is always 'taking a picture'. When click the button, you are telling the camera to 'capture' that particular frame to memory. I do not miss the experiences of running out of film and the time it took to get my film processed.
Slightly off-topic, but I'd like to share a wonderful description of the McRib that I read. A commenter on another site called them "The Brigadoon of Sandwiches"
I happened on a page showing an artist's rendering of a deep sea exploratory drilling rig. The caption talked about the way the sediment cores showed changes in the layers of sediment as they were sampled at different distances from the mid-ocean ridge. It included some speculation about sea-floor spreading and its significance for geology. This book was published in the early 1970s.
I do not miss the experiences of running out of film and the time it took to get my film processed.