I like the origin of “Silurian”, especially the caveat in the second sentence. > We name the hypothesis after a 1970 episode of the British science fiction TV

I like the origin of “Silurian”, especially the caveat in the second sentence. > We name the hypothesis after a 1970 episode of the British science fiction TV series Doctor Who where a long-buried race of intelligent reptiles ‘Silurians’ are awakened by an experimental nuclear reactor. > We are not however suggesting that intelligent reptiles actually existed in the Silurian age, nor that experimental nuclear physics is liable to wake them from hibernation.