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Scientists who took things to universities did the world a favour. The government had no serious plans for the fossils and over time everything would have been
by throwawaysleep 3y ago
Scientists who took things to universities did the world a favour. The government had no serious plans for the fossils and over time everything would have been stolen by tourists.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> Scientists who took things to universities did the world a favour. I want to refine that to scientists taking things to display publicly - and in the same country.
- boondoggle16 3y ago>and in the same country. Today's borders aren't yesterdays borders. How should we decide what's fair? Or should relics stay with their ethnic creators, along racial lines?
- lasc4r 3y agoThat should probably be the default unless there's a compelling reason not to since they have the best claim to historical and cultural importance.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> Or should relics stay with their ethnic creators, along racial lines? That works. We seem to be zeroing in.
- throwawaysleep 3y agoAnyone who took anything to any kind of institution, public or private, in country or out, helped out here. Tons of these in private hands probably got thrown away as boring old rocks. And why would same country matter for something this old?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> And why would same country matter for something this old? It would matter to the host scientists studying their regional phenomenon.