My new fish

[Quinn]

<Quinn raises his hand and votes that only individuals with PhD's from reputable universities, and a background in empirical research methods focusing on biology be allowed to "study" fish>



There are people who spend their lives studying study methods. I doubt many of us can really call our hobby activities "research", it's far too involved a process. We are not making accurate written observations, we are not isolating variables, and our "results" would be very difficult to replicate, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I say leave it to the professionals (who are in fact doing interesting things, I recall one article on an institution with a large centrifugal-current aquarium focusing on sponge maintenance in captivity).

<Quinn also sees this turning into another mandarin debate, ie. one he should have known to stay out of...>