tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post1647737173216506693..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Alice in WonderlandBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-79889559805012929552011-09-03T09:36:34.066+01:002011-09-03T09:36:34.066+01:00Ah -- it's an ancient skill that professors de...Ah -- it's an ancient skill that professors develop. if you want the funding to keep on flowing, and if you want to keep the interest of the TV producers, you have to learn to utter statements about profound significance even when you have found nothing at all and are actually thoroughly fed up......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-83447024405602637112011-09-02T21:57:10.597+01:002011-09-02T21:57:10.597+01:00"It's a little piece of keyhole surgery i..."It's a little piece of keyhole surgery into an important monument, but actually it has lived up to our expectations perfectly", says Prof Darvill.<br />Sound familiar? Rewind to the self-proclaimed "Dream Team" at Stonehenge, 2008, where Messrs G & W surgically applied themselves.Go back a little further to crooner Perry Como, c.1958:- "Memories Are Made Of This (false memories you gave to me)" VERY popular both sides of The Atlantic and a big money-spinner.Tony Hinchliffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-90256856256789141972011-09-02T17:21:40.570+01:002011-09-02T17:21:40.570+01:00Robert -- I'm not THAT upset! Seen it all bef...Robert -- I'm not THAT upset! Seen it all before, and none of it matters anyway.....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-47399952522460121552011-09-02T16:26:58.880+01:002011-09-02T16:26:58.880+01:00Poor Old Brian!
You should go for a lay down befo...Poor Old Brian!<br /><br />You should go for a lay down before you burst a blood vessel!!<br /><br />The Professors have been 'peer reviewed' - you understand the system, once you have that accreditation you are allowed to bluff your way into all manner of lucrative media productions, for you have the badge of respectability - It's the right of academic passage.<br /><br />The same closed shop system has been used in the publishing industry for years - until the internet was born and free information flowed - that's why they all went bust and now the old editors are writing books on becoming a self-publishers.<br /><br />All this shows that because you have a qualification, doesn't make you intelligent - it means you have a good memory and knowledge - hence Dr Watson was better qualified than Holmes but not half as intelligent and only a 'tiny' proportion of 'self made' millionaires have degrees.<br /><br />Lets put the professors in the Dragon's Den and see if anyone buys into their hypothesis?<br /><br />RJLBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886732338349957214noreply@blogger.com