tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post6106159264976377957..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Nature does it againAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-73124213122663352332010-08-18T15:20:00.128-04:002010-08-18T15:20:00.128-04:00Well, two hyperbolic wrongs don't make a right...Well, two hyperbolic wrongs don't make a right. I wouldn't want to get into a competition with which 'journal' deserves a worse rating for poor science representation.<br /><br />Of course, Nature is supposed to be a journal. For years, NG has been a magazine. Nature wants to be one, too. Maybe, to seal their case, they'll follow up NG by regularly including photos of naked women. NG got a lot of sales from adolescent boys that way, at least when I was a kid....Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-40025129991963219492010-08-18T14:46:18.705-04:002010-08-18T14:46:18.705-04:00I dunno, I was way more offended by Nat'l Geo&...I dunno, I was way more offended by Nat'l Geo's "WAS DARWIN WRONG?" cover. Because if you never opened up the volume, you might very well assume that there was legitimate controversy over the reality of evolution.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-8795254517655285402010-08-18T13:41:37.681-04:002010-08-18T13:41:37.681-04:00Yep, I agree. This is the same kind of superficia...Yep, I agree. This is the same kind of superficial pun-seeking that they usually do, and can't be credited with subtlety. Being subtle is not the name of their game. Being cute, perhaps.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-71082417881317311432010-08-18T13:35:41.398-04:002010-08-18T13:35:41.398-04:00Me thinks that they're just riffing on Rod Ste...Me thinks that they're just riffing on Rod Stewart's "First cut ... is the deepest" lyric of long ago! <br />"First known cut" just doesn't, well, er,... cut it ;)<br /><br />Melodrama? Nah. Tongue in cheek? Probably.occamserasernoreply@blogger.com