Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: Comments on Human Nature
For perhaps excusable reasons, I mentally expanded "CB" as "cornerback." ;^)
Agreed. But the latter kind is going to be hard to detect, and is highly unlikely to visit us.
Could...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: Comments on Human Nature
??? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Brown_%28defensive_end%29)
;)
Do you not think it possible that life, especially intelligent, space-faring life, is plausibly rare enough that...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
Okay. Sorry to hear that. Don't know what else to suggest, but here's a copy of the post (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/the_journal_of_cosmology_repli.php) (which will probably be...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: Comments on Human Nature
Except in the previous paragraph.
;)
Who does that on this matter? My impression is that anyone who's even semi-responsible follows Sagan's dictum on this one.
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
Sorry to hear that. Loads for me, in two different browsers. Maybe try clearing your browser cache?
Alternately, here is the Google-cached version...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
My link? Just tried it again -- loaded okay for me, although it looks like one of their ad servers is having problems.
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-12-2011, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
The drama continues! The drama continues! (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/the_journal_of_cosmology_repli.php)
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-06-2011, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
Glad you enjoyed it.
As you know, I am unpersuaded that obnoxiousness is never warranted.
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-06-2011, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
Via @carlzimmer (http://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/44543143156252672): Microbiologist Rosie Redfield (http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2011/03/is-this-claim-of-bacteria-in-meteorite.html) thoroughly...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-06-2011, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
PZ's take (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/did_scientists_discover_bacter.php), via @seanmcarroll (http://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/44428859285831680), begins as follows:
With...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-05-2011, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
Phil Plait's post (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/05/has-life-been-found-in-a-meteorite/), linked to from your source, is also good, if you haven't already checked it out.
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
03-05-2011, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 965
Re: ET again?
Heh. As it happens, I just finished reading this (http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/05/6198177-life-in-meteorites-study-stirs-debate), thanks to a RT by @carlzimmer...
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