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In response to "the second to last paragraph of this news story on rare minerals brought up so many questions for me that the reporter never intended" by crash davis

he what discovers it gets to name it. which is not to say he wasn't pressured into naming it that, but generally speaking that doesn't happen. -- nm

Posted by mafic Feb 15 '16, 19:25

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If there was no pressure, its the ultimate suck up. That raises the question, what was that student's final grade? -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:28 1
- I suspect grad student, and he directed the research. that's not uncommon. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 21:43

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