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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 05:46 AM Original message |
NASA in a sticky situation over meteorite alien life report |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. This happens ocassionally, someone previously associated with NASA makes some claim... |
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vicarofrevelwood (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Frightened of the religous that can't accecpt that life here came from out their. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Frightened in unscientific garbage actually being reported as a NASA finding. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. +1 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. exactly... |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Well, life is kind of sticky...wash your hands! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. C'mon, NASA is not against reporting on alien life. Don't buy this garbage man. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Um, what? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I don't think you can just blame that on "the religious"....Most people, IMO, |
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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. This isn't abut fear of particular social groups |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Then tell that to vicarofrevelwood, post. #2. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. afraid of bad science? nt |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Um, no. n/t |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I'm frightened of whatever language you're speaking. |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. So this paper hasn't been peer reviewed yet. I agree with NASA. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The journal Hoover submitted it to was some crackpot web-based journal. |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What also sucks about this, more fuel for right wingers to denounce NASA's climate change findings |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. True enough. :/ |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. My first red flag was the commentary section. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. LOL, they would only say that God planted them there to test our faith. n/t |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. The journal is peer reviewed |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I know of no "peer reviewed journal" that has "submission processing fees." |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It's a new model |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Then you do not publish in scientific journals. MOST require payment of one sort or another. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. hoo boy |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Nor does the fact that the article title linked to an Amazon book. (nt) |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. heh, I kinda like it |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. NASA says, "no, we only discovered weather balloons on that meteorite" |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. The paper WAS PEER REVIEWED and had MANY EDITORIALS |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Yes, because the guys who age the universe really care what fundamentalists think. (nt) |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well, the paper is apparently pretty good |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. or |
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