Re: Glenn's faith in catfish

Brian D. Harper (harper.10@osu.edu)
Wed, 01 Jan 1997 22:12:03 -0500

At 01:29 PM 1/1/97 EST, Jim wrote:
>Glenn wrote:
>
><<You implied that the walking catfish didn't exist. Were you wrong? You
>seemed not to have admitted that.>>
>
>Brother. With all the stink around here recently about putting words in other
>people's mouths, you actually write THIS?
>
>I never said or implied any such thing. I'm disappointed in you.
>

You may not have said literally "walking catfish don't exist" but you
did write on 12/28:

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As Johnson notes, the story to be tested is that a fish
species developed the ability to climb out of the water
and move on land. But here are the problems NO ONE has been
able to solve, to this day. Taylor at 56ff. (no ellipses!):

"The real obstacles to such a move were the massive structural
changes needed to make life on land worthwhile. To bein with,
the fish would need legs simply in order to relieve the
pressure of its body on the ground, which would compress the
lungs.
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You've been given two examples of fish that climb out of the water
and walk on land. The claims above are obviously false, do you want
to retract them?

Brian Harper
Associate Professor
Applied Mechanics
Ohio State University