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   Message 1,868 of 3,290   
   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: When is Hard SF not Hard SF?   
   23 Nov 08 03:02:33   
   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:26:24 +1000, Aqua   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > David Friedman wrote:   
      
   >> So far there doesn't seem to be a phyloprogenitive gene, [...]   
      
   > I on the other hand don't think it's my  obligation to   
   > give unpaid personalised undergraduate courses in   
   > genetics  and evolution to random individuals on demand,   
   > and particularly not this  specific individual who   
   > hasn't, to my memory, ever admitted to being  wrong about   
   > anything.   
      
   I can think of a few times, but they're all on the order of   
   acknowledging that he's misspelled  (and   
   apparently quite regularly does so: eight of the first ten   
   Google hits on 'phyloprogenitive', including the first four,   
   are his.)   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
      
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