# Name-dropping parent

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-dropping-parent/85770>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [September 23, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-dropping-parent/85770 "2026-09-23T10:04:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-dropping-parent/85770/1 "2026-09-23T10:04:44Z")

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My dad is 92 with dementia and only odd bits of memory left. Last Sunday at a family lunch, he casually (and for the first time ever) trawled up the name of his university Physiology research supervisor: [JBS Haldane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane), instrumental in the modern synthesis of evolution, and owner of a blind cat he volunteered for my dad’s experiments on righting reflexes. So casual. Nearly fell off my chair.

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