"What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if in the end all we're willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?"
-- F. Sherwood Rowland, whose theory that the introduction of huge quantities of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere would reduce the ozone layer around Earth was dismissed by industry as "merely theories."
Monday, March 31, 2008
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"What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if in the end all we're willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?"
Corollary: "where's the leadership?" -- Dano
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D
But seriously, what'd he expect with a name like "Sherwood"? Dweeb alert! Joke's on him, eh?
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