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24th August 2007, 01:31 AM
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I put this in the evolution/creation forum because if life is found, I'm thinking this is one for evolution. http://drudgereport.com/flash.htm
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24th August 2007, 04:22 AM
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Sorry to burst your bubble but this is not the first time this has happened. Keep in mind this is the Viking spacecraft they're talking about; the data has been around since the 70s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_...al_experiments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on...ng_experiments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillevinia_straata
I suppose it is remotely possible that this will be definitive proof of life on Mars, but I'm not holding my breath. |
24th August 2007, 05:33 AM
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24th August 2007, 05:37 AM
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Reps: 71,280,996,117 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by elcapitan Sorry to burst your bubble but this is not the first time this has happened. Keep in mind this is the Viking spacecraft they're talking about; the data has been around since the 70s.
I suppose it is remotely possible that this will be definitive proof of life on Mars, but I'm not holding my breath.
Either way it won't bother the creationists, they would design an answer in minutes,
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24th August 2007, 06:21 AM
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for their God all things are possible and every eventuality is covered. Even their stupidity is god given. |
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The WWN doesn't exist anymore. |
24th August 2007, 03:19 PM
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Reps: 6,155,096,027,645,786 (power: 6,155,096,027,658) | | Originally Posted by TheOutsider Couldn't you have gotten the story from a more reputable source like, I don't know, The Weekly World New? CNN MSNBC (from the same story at space.com) Reuters (Identical story that CNN carried)
Note that the term 'bogus' has been used by some scientists critical of Houtkooper's hypothesis
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24th August 2007, 06:04 PM
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Aw. Where will I be able to read about the futher adventures Bat Boy now? 
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24th August 2007, 06:09 PM
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Nice...that's where i am right now.
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