On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Matty Mookerjee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Agree to disagree!

 

From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sunil Gupta
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 5:41 PM

To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Teaching Structural Geology

 

Carl- ikr

"If only I knew the stress tensor for this rock!" exclaimed no geologist actually looking at a rock, ever.

-Sunny

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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:11:33 -0400
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Teaching Structural Geology
To: [log in to unmask]

I suspect you're confusing my point about research versus introductory teaching.  I would never consider suggesting what someone should research because it is impossible to predict in advance what research will pay big dividends (your laser example) and what will not (some example we've never heard of).   My point was about how to best spend the limited and valuable time available as an instructor of an introductory level structural geology course.

Carl Little
Consulting Geologist
Toronto, ON, Canada

 

On 29 March 2015 at 12:37, Krabbendam, Maarten <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

You may have a point, but the laser was once intellectual masturbation,

 

Maarten Krabbendam

 

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From: Carl Little [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 March 2015 10:00
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Teaching Structural Geology

Spending half a course on a topic which the students will struggle to find applications for in the real world is little more than intellectual masturbation, it seems to me.

Carl Little
Consulting Geologist
Toronto, ON, Canada

 

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