I could hit the Powerball. My wife could stop asking me to remodel the world. My children could stop asking me to buy every single toy on earth. Lots of things could happen. Being a scientist and running around like chicken little is so unseemly. What I want to know is if being a scientist gives you the right to go around yelling fire in the theater? Or more likely does it give journalists the right to distort what scientists are saying to sell their medium? Could be…
Ross Ice Shelf could ‘collapse quickly’
Source: Ross Ice Shelf could ‘collapse quickly’ | | The Australian
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[...] I could have been elected president of my high school class. I suppose it would have helped if I had actually run for the office. I could have gotten a date with that really cute and smart girl that sat next to me in chemistry class, too. If I had asked her. I could have won that enormous slot machine jackpot. Without actually going to the casino and playing, I guess not, though. Pierre LeGrand over at The Pink Flamingo Bar points out another "could". Or twelve. I could hit the Powerball. My wife could stop asking me to remodel the world. My children could stop asking me to buy every single toy on earth. Lots of things could happen. Being a scientist and running around like chicken little is so unseemly. What I want to know is if being a scientist gives you the right to go around yelling fire in the theater? Or more likely does it give journalists the right to distort what scientists are saying to sell their medium? Could be… Ross Ice Shelf could ‘collapse quickly’ [...]