Guys, this is a guy just yanking our chains. Forget it and ignore him. I am sure he is getting a laugh every time we respond. I have seen this behavior before. Soon he will be posting dead animal photos with rocks.
Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'George N. '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:37 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] One last try > Hi List, > > Dear George -- patience and tolerance are virtues, but you are > really too kind with Mohamed. While Mohamed's rock photography > is far better than the offerings of your typical meteorwrong > peddler, and his commitment to spending time in the field is > commendable, these positive qualities are overshadowed by his > unwillingness to take ~solicited~ advice from world experts. > You wrote: > > > I happen to think that you may find one eventually. > > As the saying goes, a blind squirrel will still find an acorn > every so often. Unfortunately for Mohamed, his credibility > drops with each posting, and if on his 1000th message he > should finally post an image of an actual meterite, will anyone > still be listening to the man who cried wolf? > > There is a balance between education and field work; if you > spend all your time reading about meteorites, mineralogy, > petrology and geology, you may become an expert at recognizing > a meteorite when you see one. But without spending some quality > time in the field getting hands-on experience, you have no real > hope of finding a meteorite yourself. The same is true for the > opposite extreme. Mohamed has seemingly boundless energy when > it comes to field work, but his efforts are largely wasted > because his recognition skills are still quite poor. > > If you read through all his posts, you'll notice that he > asks plenty of questions, but he never seems to listen to > any of the replies. List members might be more forgiving > if just once he would say something like, "I decided to take > so-and-so's advice and bought a book on rocks and minerals. > Now I see why everyone said my earlier specimens were > obviously earth rocks. If only I had picked up this book > earlier, I might have actually found something by now." > > Last year my wife found her first meteorite after less > than 20 hours of searching -- not because she was lucky, > but because she was willing to be taught. She learned how > to instantly recognize olivine basalt, hematite and > magnetite, and thus ignore them. > > If Mohamed would take just one piece of new advice, I > believe he could multiply his success chances a thousand- > fold: buy an inexpensive Saharan H5 or L6 meteorite and > take it with you on your meteorite hunting trips. Every > half hour or so, take it out of your pocket, look at it, > and say to yourself, "THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR." > You need to train your brain on a proper search image, > and give it frequent reminders. Without this kind of > positive search template, as a novice you will become > unfocused and revert to seeing meteorites everywhere > you look. > > Probably beating a dead horse, > Rob > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
