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  2. From: newberry@delphinus.as.arizona.edu (Mike Newberry)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.astro
  4. Subject: Re: astronomers vs researchers (was: Re: research vs commercial grade)
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan27.220808.21160@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 22:08:08 GMT
  7. References: <93025.192111LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET>
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  9. Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  12. >In article <93025.192111LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET> <LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET> writes:
  13. >The unfortunate fact is that the word "research" is only used (in astronomy)
  14. >by the purveyors of inexpensive telescopes.
  15.  
  16.     [there's a long thread to this in which the author originally
  17.     stated that "astronomers don't do research; instead, they observe"]
  18.  
  19.  
  20. You misunderstand the distinction between the words "research" and
  21. "observation".  Astronomers, like meteoroligists, geologists, ecologists,
  22. anthropologists, and workers in some other disciplines depend upon
  23. "observation" as part of their research activities. This is no basis for
  24. suggesting that astronomers don't do research.
  25.  
  26. Mike Newberry
  27.