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To: doc30
If the materials on Titan could be studied in greater detail, I would not be surprised to find a great variety of organics existing in the brew up there. I'd bet a dollar that we would find some extremely intereting chemical species, some of which may be substances though only related to metabolic processes. A month with an organic analytical lab on the surface would yield some wildly unexpected results.

Speculation, not supported by evidence. Another no-no.

314 posted on 04/08/2005 2:54:44 PM PDT by frgoff
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To: frgoff
Speculation, not supported by evidence. Another no-no.

I guess you have no understanding of how basic science operates then. Speculation plays a key role in the design and implementation of future research projects. Based on your statement, you would cancel all research everywhere because the outcome of the results are unproven before the experiment was conducted. As a scientist, I can state with certainty that we don't know what chemical soup we will find on Titan and that whatever we do find will likely be exciting and unexpected. To think otherwise means you have speculated as to what will be found, hence no need for determination experimentally. By making such a statement, you have made yourself the Oracle of All Knowledge. AndrewC has the answers so there is no need to do science. Typical creationist logic. God did it so no research is needed.

424 posted on 04/09/2005 11:24:53 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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