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To: dragnet2
"Why is it science threads on this site are almost immediately mocked, and plastered with childish images?"

Well, using the term "defect" is the first reason for me with regard to this article. The fact this exists means it's not a defect but a feature of the cosmos. What's clearly defective (or incomplete) is our current understanding of the "space-time fabric". Only the most arrogant and egotistical could have the hubris to imply that we know all there is to know about the cosmos and if we discover a feature that doesn't conform to this understanding it must be a "defect."

94 posted on 10/26/2007 9:50:30 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: joebuck
The fact this exists means it's not a defect but a feature...

Do you work for Microsoft marketing?

113 posted on 10/26/2007 12:25:06 PM PDT by Knitebane (Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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To: joebuck
Only the most arrogant and egotistical could have the hubris to imply that we know all there is to know about the cosmos and if we discover a feature that doesn't conform to this understanding it must be a "defect."

Ditto. If (that's a big "if") there is something in that part of the Universe, its something that's simply different. Nothing in the Universe is defective in the cosmic sense. It can be different, unusual, or special. It can't be defective.

120 posted on 10/26/2007 3:42:43 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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