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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 03:17 PM
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Definitive (close to) proof of extraterrestrial life in meteorites.
Sorry if this was posted! These images come from meteorites:








I am fairly convinced that these "bacteria" are not of mineral origin. They seem not to contain Si. For details, see

http://journalofcosmology.com/Life100.html
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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 03:35 PM
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1. NASA itself is not convinced and neither am I. This paper is flawed and unreviwed.
NASA is not supporting it at all.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=32928


I hope you are less convinced now.
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 04:41 PM
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2. We have to be careful, but I wonder why the review process for the 2007 was never completed.
Sometimes scientists hold a competitor's paper for a few months for no good reason, but what prohibited them from reviewing this in 3 years' time?? Surely if it's obviously bogus somebody would say something?

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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 07:29 PM
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3. Possible explanation - its cosmology!
Edited on Mon Mar-07-11 07:31 PM by cleanhippie
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/did_scientists_discover_bacter.php


Meyers is not one to beat around the bush when it comes to psuedoscience, and he is rarely wrong...
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-11 12:41 AM
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4. Thanks, that helps a lot! nt
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