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If you've ever complained that the kids today just don't understand how things used to be in the good old days, then you've grasped the concept of shifting baselines.
The phrase, coined by University of British Columbia's Fisheries Centre Director Dr. Daniel Pauly in 1995, refers to the way that…
The book The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts, a marine ecologist at the University of York in England, is the 2007 shifting baseline story of the year. Roberts pulls together the best historical studies of fisheries, photos, and woebegone descriptions of former marine abundance. A…
Barack Obama attended the 11th International Symposium on Coral Reefs and here is proof: him sandwiched between two top ocean scientists and proponents of the term 'shifting baselines': Daniel Pauly and Jeremy Jackson.
Okay, okay. So he is a cardboard cutout. I purchased him back in Ohio to…
Today in Barcelona, Dr. Daniel Pauly, who, among other things, is the brain behind the term 'shifting baselines', was awarded the Ramon Margelef prize in ecology.
how is it that Daniel Pauly invented the term "shifting baseline," but randy olson has assumed its ownership? is it possible that Pauly's popularity and Olson's obscurity stem from an equal-but-opposite karmic consequence? Pauly's accurate estimation that without the manipulation of the mainstream media, a scientific message is a wasted effort, has benefited him with a vote of confidence from the populace (vanity fair and the ted danson award are no coincidences). randy olson seeks this same respect and influence over and from his peers, yet his film "Flock Of Dodo's" absent of celebrity involvement, free of mainstream media coverage, is relegated to a limited run on showtime; the equivalent of a home video release starring corey feldman. "Dodo's" not only fails by falling into the hands of the IDers by "teaching the controversy," but does so without the fanfare it may very well have attracted, had Olson not lacked the foresight that accompanies his unique type of scientific arrogance.
Welcome back, Frank. You make me feel like a stand-up comic in an empty theater with only you, in the last row, heckling. But unfortunately this particular blogpost was about things other than my movie, and so your standard jabs at me are a bit out of place. You should save your ammunition for the next time I make a post. I'll be eager to hear from you then. In the meanwhile, we appreciate your comments, provided they stick to the subject.
your point is astute, if not deflective. i was browsing your site, as i often do, and my passionate and seemingly dormant criticisms of Dodo's were reignited when i learned, according to your blogger, that Daniel Pauly, who I have the utmost respect for, created the term, "shifting baseline." here i have been, incorporating the conceptual elements of shifting baselines in my writings with great dismay, since i, on one hand, find the concept to be a relevant tool in our mission to repair the world we have lost sight of...but on the other hand, take issue with the scientist i imagined coined the term. but now i am free. i've been critical of you, as i've said, for not putting the nail in the coffin of the ID movement with the science at your disposal. that egregious error angered a community that desperately needs filmmakers and storytellers to defend the truth. perhaps, i have been too critical since your broader intentions with regard to declining fisheries, marine conservation, and your recent efforts in Puget sound, seem to be in the right place. but i have yet to hear you offer a coherent explanation for your Dodo's faux pas. do you not agree that your responsibility is not only to provoke, but to lend your voice in a process that may one day help prevent our own extinction?