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The anecdote from the article about Darwin realizing, mid meal, that the bird the ship's cook had prepared for him actually had research value and running off t
by sethhochberg 3y ago
The anecdote from the article about Darwin realizing, mid meal, that the bird the ship's cook had prepared for him actually had research value and running off to salvage parts from the kitchen is almost darkly hilarious - must have been crazy to be doing research at a time when someone serves up the thing you're looking for, not knowing anything about its significance or why you're there
- earthscienceman 3y agoIf you think that's a strictly historical phenomena you're underestimating how humanity operates. I done research cruises in the Arctic and there was multiple instances of the ships crew not realizing, understanding, or caring about the scientific mission. Instances like samples being naively destroyed because why would someone put tubes of ice in the overflow freezer, etc etc. Funny enough, I'm not too critical of it. I can't drive or operate a ship. Humanity is a bunch of disparate people trying to accomplish things together and sometimes it leads to very funny scenarios.