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    From Burkhard@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 18 09:43:03 2023
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

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  • From Lawyer Daggett@21:1/5 to Burkhard on Mon Sep 18 14:32:11 2023
    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41 PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe
    more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

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  • From Bob Casanova@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 18 15:48:07 2023
    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following
    appeared in talk.origins, posted by Lawyer Daggett
    <j.nobel.daggett@gmail.com>:

    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe
    more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

    I'm fairly confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)
    and ancestral bird (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste
    quite similar to chicken fossils. Maybe if we buried a
    basket of KFC...

    --

    Bob C.

    "The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
    the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
    'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

    - Isaac Asimov

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  • From jillery@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 18 22:19:55 2023
    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:48:07 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
    wrote:

    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following
    appeared in talk.origins, posted by Lawyer Daggett ><j.nobel.daggett@gmail.com>:

    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe
    more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

    I'm fairly confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)
    and ancestral bird (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste
    quite similar to chicken fossils. Maybe if we buried a
    basket of KFC...


    Considering the product produced locally, burying it would likely
    improve its taste; a KFC version of Kim Chee.

    --
    To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge

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  • From Bob Casanova@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 18 22:47:35 2023
    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 22:19:55 -0400, the following appeared
    in talk.origins, posted by jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com>:

    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:48:07 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
    wrote:

    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following
    appeared in talk.origins, posted by Lawyer Daggett >><j.nobel.daggett@gmail.com>:

    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe >>>> more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle. >>>Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

    I'm fairly confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)
    and ancestral bird (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste
    quite similar to chicken fossils. Maybe if we buried a
    basket of KFC...


    Considering the product produced locally, burying it would likely
    improve its taste; a KFC version of Kim Chee.

    Or "thousand-year-old" eggs? Ah, but once fossilized I
    believe it would be indistinguishable from the other
    fossils; fossil equity, as it were.

    --

    Bob C.

    "The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
    the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
    'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

    - Isaac Asimov

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  • From Athel Cornish-Bowden@21:1/5 to Bob Casanova on Sun Sep 24 10:34:22 2023
    On 2023-09-18 22:48:07 +0000, Bob Casanova said:

    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following
    appeared in talk.origins, posted by Lawyer Daggett <j.nobel.daggett@gmail.com>:

    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe
    more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

    I'm fairly confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)
    and ancestral bird (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste
    quite similar to chicken fossils. Maybe if we buried a
    basket of KFC...

    Maybe, but if we forget about fossils and think about birds we know,
    duck doesn't taste like chicken, goose doesn't taste like chicken,
    ostrich doesn't taste like chicken ...

    --
    athel cb : Biochemical Evolution, Garland Science, 2016

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  • From Bob Casanova@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 24 08:31:06 2023
    On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:34:22 +0200, the following appeared
    in talk.origins, posted by Athel Cornish-Bowden
    <athel.cb@gmail.com>:

    On 2023-09-18 22:48:07 +0000, Bob Casanova said:

    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following
    appeared in talk.origins, posted by Lawyer Daggett
    <j.nobel.daggett@gmail.com>:

    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe >>>> more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

    I'm fairly confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)
    and ancestral bird (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste
    quite similar to chicken fossils. Maybe if we buried a
    basket of KFC...

    Maybe, but if we forget about fossils and think about birds we know,
    duck doesn't taste like chicken, goose doesn't taste like chicken,
    ostrich doesn't taste like chicken ...

    You are of course correct. Did you think my post was
    serious, rather than a play on "tastes just like chicken!"
    as applied to fossils?

    --

    Bob C.

    "The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
    the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
    'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

    - Isaac Asimov

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  • From Burkhard@21:1/5 to Athel Cornish-Bowden on Sun Sep 24 10:06:44 2023
    On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 10:35:47 AM UTC+2, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
    On 2023-09-18 22:48:07 +0000, Bob Casanova said:

    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following
    appeared in talk.origins, posted by Lawyer Daggett
    <j.nobel...@gmail.com>:

    On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:
    Recently, we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe >>> more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)

    It's the role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils

    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils

    I was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.

    I'm fairly confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)
    and ancestral bird (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste
    quite similar to chicken fossils. Maybe if we buried a
    basket of KFC...
    Maybe, but if we forget about fossils and think about birds we know,
    duck doesn't taste like chicken, goose doesn't taste like chicken,
    ostrich doesn't taste like chicken ...


    so you never had lunch in our mensa then?

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  • From Athel Cornish-Bowden@21:1/5 to Burkhard on Sun Sep 24 19:27:23 2023
    On 2023-09-24 17:06:44 +0000, Burkhard said:

    On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 10:35:47 AM UTC+2, Athel
    Cornish-Bowden wrote:
    On 2023-09-18 22:48:07 +0000, Bob Casanova said:>> > On Mon, 18 Sep
    2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following> > appeared in talk.origins,
    posted by Lawyer Daggett> > <j.nobel...@gmail.com>:> >> >> On Monday,
    September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:> >>> Recently,
    we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an> >>>
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe>
    more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)> >>>> >>> It's the
    role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils> >>>> >>>
    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils> >>> >> I
    was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.> >>
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.> >>> > I'm fairly
    confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)> > and ancestral bird
    (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste> > quite similar to chicken
    fossils. Maybe if we buried a> > basket of KFC...
    Maybe, but if we forget about fossils and think about birds we know,>
    duck doesn't taste like chicken, goose doesn't taste like chicken,>
    ostrich doesn't taste like chicken ...>
    so you never had lunch in our mensa then?

    Not that I remember. I've been to Edinburgh several times in the line
    of duty, but I don't remember ever visiting your mensa. Does it offer
    duck, goose or ostrich? I think we've very occasionally had duck in our
    canteen at the CNRS, but never goose or ostrich. I was at a meeting in
    Germany a couple of weeks ago and one night the hotel had duck on its
    menu. I was very disappointed: it was nowhere near the level one
    expects of duck in France.



    --
    athel cb : Biochemical Evolution, Garland Science, 2016

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  • From Burkhard@21:1/5 to Athel Cornish-Bowden on Sun Sep 24 11:28:09 2023
    On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 7:30:47 PM UTC+2, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
    On 2023-09-24 17:06:44 +0000, Burkhard said:

    On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 10:35:47 AM UTC+2, Athel
    Cornish-Bowden wrote:
    On 2023-09-18 22:48:07 +0000, Bob Casanova said:>> > On Mon, 18 Sep
    2023 14:32:11 -0700 (PDT), the following> > appeared in talk.origins,
    posted by Lawyer Daggett> > <j.nobel...@gmail.com>:> >> >> On Monday,
    September 18, 2023 at 12:45:41?PM UTC-4, Burkhard wrote:> >>> Recently, >> we discussed the senses on TO, and I thought there was an> >>>
    interesting item at this year's ignobel Prize - though the topic maybe> >> >>> more suitable to the palaeontology group :o)> >>>> >>> It's the
    role of the sense of taste in identifying fossils> >>>> >>>
    https://www.palass.org/publications/newsletter/eating-fossils> >>> >> I >> was keen to see a birds are dinosaurs "tastes like chicken" angle.> >>
    Alas, there wasn't even a finger-licking good pun.> >>> > I'm fairly
    confident that bird fossils (other than chicken)> > and ancestral bird
    (i.e., dinosaur) fossils would taste> > quite similar to chicken
    fossils. Maybe if we buried a> > basket of KFC...
    Maybe, but if we forget about fossils and think about birds we know,>
    duck doesn't taste like chicken, goose doesn't taste like chicken,>
    ostrich doesn't taste like chicken ...>
    so you never had lunch in our mensa then?
    Not that I remember. I've been to Edinburgh several times in the line
    of duty, but I don't remember ever visiting your mensa. Does it offer
    duck, goose or ostrich?

    who knows.....everything there tastes of chicken :o) (or maybe the sauce they smother everything in)


    I think we've very occasionally had duck in our
    canteen at the CNRS, but never goose or ostrich. I was at a meeting in Germany a couple of weeks ago and one night the hotel had duck on its
    menu. I was very disappointed: it was nowhere near the level one
    expects of duck in France.
    --
    athel cb : Biochemical Evolution, Garland Science, 2016

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