Posted on 12/08/2010 4:54:14 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
NASA’s the same agency that’s hot and heavy on Global Warming.
This is pitiful.
Whenever I drive along Route 1 around Titusville I can almost feel the ghosts of the glory days of NASA...and it’s a wonder- such great men- such great times they were. Hard to know what’s going on there now- if it’s The Left Stuff or a corruption of The Right Stuff.
Well, it can be pretty fun spending lots of other people's money to find out something doesn't work.
The downside is you don't get laid a lot.
AMEN Brother!
Sorry...I missed seeing that!
When contacted for a response, a NASA official was heard to chant allah akbar and complain about how this was going to affect the self esteem of disenfranchised children around the world.
Well then, I missed my true calling, because I would have been a perfect fit.
anyway, I am sensing a pattern with NASA: first, they become a de facto muslim outreach service, and now they claim to find a life form that benefits from arsenic. Since it has been shown that society benefits from feeding muslims liberal doses of arsenic, I sense some kind of sinister plot.
Or an awesome solution. Whatever.
Thank you, because your Son has the Right Stuff.
I think some reconstructive surgery is needed at NASA.
Theres always been guesswork and extropolation. The dino example you used would have been extrapolated from depth of the print,the likely condition of the soil at the time,other better understood or shall i say better known dinos with greater historical records. Its not scientific method with repeatable results but its the best that can be done with the information available.
I was trying to figure out how this discovery helped NASA in their primary mission of promoting Islam. Maybe the Islamists want us to live on arsenic, and NASA is helping.
Remember when NASA was there to explore space? Seems so long ago.
It’s really kind of heartbreaking, isn’t it? I mean they weren’t perfect- but they were seekers and doers and didn’t hesitate to tried the new, the untested. Most of the country has no idea how enormously our everyday lives have benefited from NASA.
Well- NASA before arsenic ;)
P.S. will pass your thanks to my Screaming Eagle
Clue?! Peer review IS evaluation and discussion. It is an exercise in logical thinking. The science itself may not be done over the internet. That’s obvious. Of course the study should be replicated. But science is not about doing the same experiment and getting the same results. It’s about figuring out what those results mean - the search for truth. So yes, the experiments should be replicated, but the issues brought up in review also should be addressed.
Are you saying the posters are “not qualified” to review the science? On what basis?
IMHO the more peers reviewing the science the better. Whatever perspective they bring to the table. Internet discussions have been a great advance in the free exchange of ideas in science. Bouncing ideas off others is precisely how the strengths and weaknesses of the findings are determined in order to be tested more convincingly.
If the best that can be done with the information available is nothing better than guesswork, then I think it ought to be kept in the lab until such time as it is more mature. Science should be about known results which can be repeated and verified. Those results should be published. The results which are simply guesswork should be held back.
But it's all about the grants. Having a fancy theory based on almost no data is a fine thing to publish and make some noise. Afterall, if it's the best that can be done with the information available, then you can get A for effort.
But I consider it more Creative Writing than Science.
more bad science from NASA... not shocked
” Gone are the days of the nerdy black rimmed glasses, white short sleeve dress shirt, and regulation pocket protector. “
If you ever watched the “Universe” series on the History Channel, you couldn’t help but be struck by how many drop-dead-gorgeous astrophysicists there are.....
;)
No need to apologize my friend. I could have been wrong. But somehow I didnt think so because of all the lies by which we are surrounded every day.
My best wishes to you.
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