Guess Who Just Got Published
The blogging’s been slow lately as I’ve been trying to catch up with work and school in preparation for spring break. I do however have some exciting news to share.
I am now a published author of a scientific paper. Results of a Mammal Survey of the Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador has just been published in Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, Number 250. I conducted this survey with a professor and an Ecuadorian student in 2003.
Like Gregor Mendel, this work has been published in an obscure journal that no one will read. Unlike Mendel, no one will rediscover this paper 30 years from now to spawn a new field of science.
It’s a simple paper, entirely descriptive of what we found. Basically the area had never been surveyed before, so we extended the range (and/or known elevation) for a handful of species.
And while it’s not much to brag about, it is more of a contribution to science than intelligent design can claim in the last 20 years.
Ha ha ha…I like your concluding sentence. Although, I’m not sure contributions to science are validated through publications alone. Or at least they shouldn’t be, if you ask me.
Congratulations!
At last! I know someone famous, ha ha.
Congratulations! May this be the first of many.
Steve
Hey, I just read your blog of yesterday. Congratulations! May your publicatons all be meaningful. Enjoyed your call last evening. Have a good spring break.
What Steve said.
Jay,
Congratulations! How long do you think it will be before ID supporter quote-mines your article?
Keith, I don’t think the article is important enough to be quote mined. I’ll know I’ve hit the big time with a career in science (if that ever happens) if I write something that gets quote-mined.