geology

What: "I have this belief that in the sand, the sandbars, and the seafloor, there is a message there," says McNinch, director of the facility. "Geology is like the ocean's court stenographer. It is not exactly obvious how it is recorded. In that sense, it's like hieroglyphics, and we only have part of the Rosetta stone. We know a little bit about how to interpret the shapes of the seafloor, but it is a constant mystery."

Writer: Dr. Jesse McNinch

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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:33 PM

What: "just don't get cocky and start believing your ideas too much. Belief in geology is like a weather forecast - it's based upon percentages. A good geologist is rarely 100% sure of anything. Remember the last two steps in the scientific method and keep an open mind."

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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:27 PM

What: "You see, geology is like astronomy. It lets you see the Big Picture. The picture in which our petty lives are swallowed whole by monstrous insignificance. Where we are forced to look a billion years or more before to see the continents adrift and crawly things emerge upon the land. Or out onto a hundred billion galaxies with each a hundred billion stars. I like that"

Writer: Richard S. Platz

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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:24 PM

What: "Geology is like a big game of connect-the-dots where many of the critical dots are hidden and the rest have been scrambled. It's often the case that people don't quite grasp the significance of what is right in front of them until someone points out the relationships."

Writer: Ron Wolf

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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:47 PM

What: "My background in geology has given me a fascination with time. To get a real feeling for time, you need to understand geological time. Geology is like a big clock. Photography is an extension of that. Things that appear solid and permanent to us, such as a mountain or a culture, are in reality changing. One day they will all disappear. Geology also gives you a great sense of the earth's power. You don't see these forces every day, but they are always there."

Writer: Kevin Ronald Hamdorf

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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:50 PM

What: "On the first day of Abnormal Psych, our professor told us that as the class progressed, we would all become convinced we had each and every psychological disorder listed. He assured us this was not the case, especially as some of those disorders were mutually exclusive. This did not prevent us from believing that we did, indeed, have every psychiatric disorder studied." "As I delve deeper into the realm of geology, I'm finding a corollary: I think every rock I encounter might be the type of rock I'm studying. Right now, very nearly everything looks like serpentine (even though it can't be, because serpentine's fairly rare).'"

Writer: Dana Hunter

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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:57 PM