Post by Ryan Wunsch on Apr 11, 2006 15:54:09 GMT -5
Tim Cranwill and myself were discussing Ian’s Iguana Necropsy post and the discussion arising from it, and we hit upon an idea that I think is very good.
As mentioned in a post earlier today - I think that the "hobby people" and the "science people" should share more ideas because there are certainly many theories and Ideas that have already been talked about, that are worthy of research, study and grants.
HISS has a lot of members currently that are "hobby people" and "science people" at the same time as evidenced by the many recent discussions that are of a scientific nature.
As far as I know, a meshing of hobbyists and researchers has never been seen on any reptile forum before.
If this forum does show to be popular, I think I would invite a few people (Dr. Frye for example) to join in on the discussion. If anyone reading this knows of people who might be interested in some of the discussion, feel free to invite them to join.
If it would take off in a big way sometime in the future, we could split it from the general HISS member’s forum, and make it larger than just a section.
I hope a lot of HISS members partake in this catagory, and don't feel hesitant to do so because they don't feel comfortable not having a university degree or something like that. Some of the best scientific findings come from questions and comments that "non scientific" types bring forth. I think many times it seems as though the people involved in scientific study, don't think of some of the things that the general public might hit apon.
Similar to this, is how I've been asked reptile questions by young naive kids, which I do not beleive science has ever thought to answer.
Hope everyone enjoys the new category
Ryan (and Tim)
As mentioned in a post earlier today - I think that the "hobby people" and the "science people" should share more ideas because there are certainly many theories and Ideas that have already been talked about, that are worthy of research, study and grants.
HISS has a lot of members currently that are "hobby people" and "science people" at the same time as evidenced by the many recent discussions that are of a scientific nature.
As far as I know, a meshing of hobbyists and researchers has never been seen on any reptile forum before.
If this forum does show to be popular, I think I would invite a few people (Dr. Frye for example) to join in on the discussion. If anyone reading this knows of people who might be interested in some of the discussion, feel free to invite them to join.
If it would take off in a big way sometime in the future, we could split it from the general HISS member’s forum, and make it larger than just a section.
I hope a lot of HISS members partake in this catagory, and don't feel hesitant to do so because they don't feel comfortable not having a university degree or something like that. Some of the best scientific findings come from questions and comments that "non scientific" types bring forth. I think many times it seems as though the people involved in scientific study, don't think of some of the things that the general public might hit apon.
Similar to this, is how I've been asked reptile questions by young naive kids, which I do not beleive science has ever thought to answer.
Hope everyone enjoys the new category
Ryan (and Tim)