Quotes of the day - October 07, 2009
“According to the researchers’ preliminary inspections, the footprints appear to be the biggest seen so far. The prints are very big, reaching 1.20 to 1.50 metres across, which corresponds to animals exceeding 30 or 40 tonnes in weight and measuring more than 25 metres in length.”
The French National Centre for Scientific Research comments on some huge dinosaur footprints found near Lyon (AFP).
“They are increasingly identified as a stumbling block for the negotiations and it’s up to them to dispel this perception and to show the real leadership we’re expecting from them.”
Fernando Tudela, head of the Mexican delegation to the climate change meeting in Bangkok, says the United States is shaping up as the biggest problem in negotiations (Reuters).
“Thousands of fish have already died. The warning to stay out of the river applies to everyone, including farmers, anglers, dog walkers, boaters and anyone using the river for work or pleasure.”
The UK’s Environment Agency issues a warning after cyanide and sewage leak into the River Trent (Times).
“It seems obvious that it makes sense from a self-interested point of view to accept the Cryonic Wager. If you’re wrong, you’ve wasted a bit of money but you won’t ever be able to regret it. If you’re right, you will certainly live longer, and might well live forever.”
Bioethicist David Shaw, of the University of Glasgow, applies a modified version of Pascal’s Wager to the issue of cryogenic suspension (Bioethics).
