jlang wrote:
] Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human
] that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors
] were colonising the world.
]
] The new species - dubbed "the Hobbit" due to its small size -
] lived on Flores island until at least 12,000 years ago.

Who is the idiot that dubbed it "the Hobbit." I didn't see that in the articles on the subject that I read yesterday. What an awful world we live in where science takes gay-ass fairy movies and mines their vacuous depths for serious scientific monikers.

Vile wrote:
] Who is the idiot that dubbed it "the Hobbit." I didn't see
] that in the articles on the subject that I read yesterday.
] What an awful world we live in where science takes gay-ass
] fairy movies and mines their vacuous depths for serious
] scientific monikers.

The 'idiot' would be one of the discoverers. Take a look at the Nature article.

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041025/pf/4311029a_pf.html

jlang wrote:
] Vile wrote:
] ] Who is the idiot that dubbed it "the Hobbit." I didn't see
] ] that in the articles on the subject that I read yesterday.
] ] What an awful world we live in where science takes gay-ass
] ] fairy movies and mines their vacuous depths for serious
] ] scientific monikers.
]
] The 'idiot' would be one of the discoverers. Take a look at
] the Nature article.
]
] http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041025/pf/4311029a_pf.html

Wow, this would make him an idiot (no quotation marks needed). I am supposing that the scientists who handle the find from this point on would take clues on nomenclature from latin, not Tolkein, that talentless hack. What's next? Are archaeologists going to uncover an ancient sorceror's site in England and call it "Aragorn's Lair?" Why didn't they call these little people "jawas." If gorillas were discovered today, they may be called "wookies." Whales could be referred to as "leviathan." We could call NJ politicians "fairies." Then there are some folks ugly enough to be called "Orcs." How about calling little old Jewish grandmothers "Yodas?" Or we could say that murder is the exclusive handiwork of "Boogeymen." My computer seems smart, so I will call him "HAL." Let's call Senator Kerry by the name "Frankenstien" and President Bush can be known as "The Emperor." Hell, people are already calling Cheney "Darth Vader." Why not? What use is reality anymore? Let's totally take down the lines of rational thought and live in a fantasy/scifi world of bullshit. It beats intelligent discourse any day of the week