New Sea Shepherd vessel and shes a beauty

[Rustic Charm]

Martin Sheen Unveils Sea Shepherd?s Newest Vessel, R/V Martin Sheen, Named in his Honor - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

This is my kind of work vessel.

[FlyingCloud1937]

What a JOKE......

Lloyd

Originally Posted by Rustic Charm

Martin Sheen Unveils Sea Shepherd?s Newest Vessel, R/V Martin Sheen, Named in his Honor - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

This is my kind of work vessel.

[clownfishsydney]

FC1937, not sure why you think this is a joke, I am happy to see someone like Martin Sheen supporting Sea Shepherd. The work they do, however controversial, is brilliant for anyone who loves the sea and its environment.

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by clownfishsydney

FC1937, not sure why you think this is a joke, I am happy to see someone like Martin Sheen supporting Sea Shepherd. The work they do, however controversial, is brilliant for anyone who loves the sea and its environment.

She's a great looking yacht. Steel I presume.

[Jammer Six]

Originally Posted by clownfishsydney

FC1937, not sure why you think this is a joke, I am happy to see someone like Martin Sheen supporting Sea Shepherd. The work they do, however controversial, is brilliant for anyone who loves the sea and its environment.

You must mean like the Makah. Or the Norwegians. The Norwegians used to have a pro-whaling T-shirt that read "We'd hunt dolphins, too, but no one has told us we can't."

[hpeer]

I'd like to know more about the yacht. Presumably not a new build.

But also the older I get the more I appreciate the efforts of Sea Shepard.

Humans have many millions of advocates, the natural world has only a few unequivocal advocates.

[ryon]

He actually named it the Martin Sheen?

[ms.lau]

what's the joke?

looks like a beautiful craft and the work they do is great!

(is martin sheen a joke? i really have no idea.... )

[David M]

Those doing research are not really supposed to have agendas. What happens is the methodology ends up being designed so that the results concur with their agenda. Doing it this way does not fit the Scientific Method, which then does not make it true science. But then try to get the press to understand that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

Research vessels named after somebody are usually named after a deceased scientist who greatly contributed to science.

Very nice boat though!

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by Rustic Charm

Martin Sheen Unveils Sea Shepherd?s Newest Vessel, R/V Martin Sheen, Named in his Honor - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

This is my kind of work vessel.

Beautiful vessel. I hope they keep that idiot "Capt." Paul Watson away from her. Or is it Captain Kangaroo?

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by Cadence

Beautiful vessel. I hope they keep that idiot "Capt." Paul Watson away from her. Or is it Captain Kangaroo?

I hope that wasn't taken wrong by the Aussies. I was making reference to a kid's TV show of yore.

[avb3]

Originally Posted by David M

Those doing research are not really supposed to have agendas. What happens is the methodology ends up being designed so that the results concur with their agenda. Doing it this way does not fit the Scientific Method, which then does not make it true science. But then try to get the press to understand that.

Scientific method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Research vessels named after somebody are usually named after a deceased scientist who greatly contributed to science.

Very nice boat though!

Exactly. Real science is agnostic as to the results; it just reports it. What happens after that is up to society. Agenda driven "research" is propaganda, not science.

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by avb3

Exactly. Real science is agnostic as to the results; it just reports it. What happens after that is up to society. Agenda driven "research" is propaganda, not science.

Naming a RV today is follow the dollar. I'm not sure if that is good or bad? It probably does get research $s ? Dead men don't contribute.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by avb3

Exactly. Real science is agnostic as to the results; it just reports it. What happens after that is up to society. Agenda driven "research" is propaganda, not science.

Ah ... just like the myth of the unbiased journalist It's a fine aspirational goal, and some researchers (and journalists) come closer to the ideal than others, but no one is 100% free of bias.

Scientists are humans too. No such thing as agnostic science. But that's the wonder, beauty and power of the Scientific Method. It is a process that works despite the biases or agendas humans/researchers bring to the table. Through fits and starts it inexorably pushes in the direction of greater understanding of the phenomena being studied.

[weavis]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

It is a process that works despite the biases or agendas humans/researchers bring to the table. Through fits and starts it inexorably pushes in the direction of greater understanding of the phenomena being studied.

I really wish this was true.