<< Whoever's in charge of that talk.origins web site is a bunch of committed fanatics whose definition of "despicable" is worthless in my view. >>
They are committed to evidence -- and that is what appears to be worthless in your view. Here you are, taking the word of a sensationalizing popular news outlet -- one that you, no doubt, curse daily for its bias -- over the word of the very scientists who made the find and described exactly what they found.
If you don't trust talkorigins -- why not read the original scientific papers written by the scientists involved? I know exactly why you won't do that. You will just say they are fanatics and aren't telling the truth, either.
Which leads to a very puzzling situation. Exactly how did MSNBC and AIG come up with the information they have, if not from the scientists themselves? There IS no source of information on this find other than the scientists themselves.
The fact that you are refusing correction on such an obvious point of error says nothing about any "fanaticism" of TO -- but it says plenty about fanaticism. Yes, it does.
Like I said to the other person who refused to back down on this, even after seeing his obvious error -- it's really easy to say, "I was wrong." I have to do it several times a day. All it takes is basic integrity. AIG shows they have none by refusing to correct their obviously false stories that have spread all over the internet, and which are parroted in here endlessly -- by those who refuse to even glance at the real evidence.
I was pretty sure you would trash the source of the article and refuse to look into the facts to see if your citation may be erroneous. But I went ahead and gave you the opportunity to do the right thing and show us that you are open to the possibility of error. I always try to give the benefit of the doubt until I see the track record.
But even if you refuse to look -- since you seem intent on posting your link on these threads, I will be sure to notice when and where you do it, and will be right behind, posting the correction, for those reading. I will trust that reasonable persons who want the truth will take a look at both and reach their own conclusions.
As I've noted, I am just a messenger here. You need to get hold of Bill Gates and the people running MSNBC and Reuters and tell them that they have perpetrated a grandiose fraud of some sort upon the public. If you can do that and if they agree with you and publically retract the story in question, then let me know about it and I will cease all mention of it.