Special Edition 5: Science... sort of - Switek, SVP, and Socialized Science
Science... sort of
Brachiolope
4.7 • 674 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2011
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Brian Switek is fast becoming the arbiter of the special edition. This time Ryan and Brian sit down in person at the Paris Casino in Las Vegas to opine on the goings on of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. They discuss some of the cool talks and posters they saw, the benefits of socializing science, and even the very reasons meetings like this exist. Enjoy!
And as always, be sure to follow Brian on Twitter (@Laelaps), subscribe to his blog, and buy his book, Written in Stone!
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| 0:00.0 | Cool. All right. So hopefully this thing is actually recording us. |
| 0:03.6 | From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of. |
| 0:07.5 | You're listening to Science Sort of. |
| 0:22.4 | You're doing Brian? time with Brian and Brian. |
| 0:23.9 | How are you doing, Brian? |
| 0:25.4 | I'm doing good, Ryan. |
| 0:29.0 | I feel like I should put in morning zoo crew sounds. |
| 0:38.5 | So if you're new to the show, this is returning guest in front of the show, Brian's Fitech, here to talk with me about the comings and goings of the 71st annual SVP. We're talking on the last day at Sunday. |
| 0:45.4 | The poster session is kind of winding down. |
| 0:47.5 | I need to correct your accuracy at Saturday. |
| 0:50.0 | Wow. It's been a long week. |
| 0:52.0 | It has. Yeah. so it's Saturday. |
| 0:54.8 | The conference is ending today, not tomorrow. |
| 0:57.8 | I really did think it was Sunday, like all day. |
| 0:59.8 | I've been off for a day this entire time, though. |
| 1:01.3 | Somebody told me what my poster was tomorrow. |
| 1:02.6 | I feel like I've been here for like 10 days. |
| 1:05.1 | So we're in the Paris in Las Vegas, Nevada, |
| 1:08.0 | spending way too much money to learn about the science, |
| 1:10.0 | but has it been worth it? Have you... |
| 1:12.8 | Generally, yes. I mean, there haven't been that many talks that really, like, jumped out |
| 1:18.1 | at me this year as something I'm going to go and run home and, you know, immediately tell |
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