I just received another "Join the Lab" mailing; on this one, the Ivory-bill is barely mentioned.
Under "Lab of Ornithology members have supported these important projects" the ninth of ten bullet points is this one:
- Rediscovery efforts for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, a species that was feared extinct for more than 60 years.
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Rediscovery efforts
So maybe we didn't find the bird, but we tried.
Is it ethical to use language that obviously concedes failure to anyone following this controversy closely or with an understanding of semantics but that the masses will surely interpret as alluding to a success?
If you were that goatee guy, would you really make an appearance outside Hill's talk?
I mean, isn't everyone going to be pointing and laughing? "Hey, look, it's the goatee guy."
I've heard that the CLO is beginning a long-term spin campaign to try to withdraw from the IBWO as quietly as possible (apparently with professional help).
They will never admit their mistake. They will (and do) fall back on "we know there was one bird there but were unable to refind it or others" bulls***.
But they aren't stupid. They know that they blew it and that they have to get out with as much skin intact as possible.
Mr. Goatee
How we love thee
you stepped up
to defend this fluff
If the Hillcrow speaks
Can you post the next week
what the heck he said
The rest of us have fled
I've heard that the CLO is beginning a long-term spin campaign
Do they ever tackle a problem head-on? Or do they just think no one is watching?
Or do they just think no one is watching?
I doubt they care all that much as long as it stays off their donors' radars. Since most donors aren't really birders but Cornell alums, no problem.
They will never admit their mistake. They will (and do) fall back on "we know there was one bird there but were unable to refind it or others" bulls***.
I did a search and found this prediction from this blog from way back in December, 2005:
Probability that numerous "believers" will eventually argue that the 2004 Arkansas Ivory-bill was the last of his kind--90%
A quote from Cinclodes (Fishcrow)
One of the most satisfying things a scientist can do is to predict something based on existing data and then have the prediction confirmed by new data.
Compare the predictions of many of the True Believers to these predictions:
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2005/09/what-does-future-hold.html
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2005/09/
what-does-future-hold.html
Yes, all of Tom's predictions have come true. Whereas I said that the CLO would have to move to France to join the cold fusion guys.
Well, it still could happen.
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