Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-10 Thread Mark Bowling
> > > > On 8/9/07, mark ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> half the population believes the earth is less than 1 years old > > > > ... Well here in Britain, half the population don't even care how old > > the earth is at all, let alone believe an

Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-09 Thread Chris Peterson
regardless of the underlying reason. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite Fell

Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-09 Thread Jason Utas
at all, let alone believe an actual date!! Lol :) > > > Mark > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 August 2007 16:35 > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Sub

Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-09 Thread mark ford
OTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 August 2007 16:35 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia Chris wrote: " I think there are certain countries that are much more likely to embrace bad science

Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-09 Thread info
Chris wrote: " I think there are certain countries that are much more likely to embrace bad science or pseudoscience (India and Russia come immediately to mind)." You mean like countries where creationist theme parks attract the crowds and where nearly half the population believes the earth is

Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-09 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Chris, "And while media stories about suspected meteorite falls tend to be of poor quality regardless of origin, this is not universally so in the U.S. or Europe." I wouldn't second that It's rather accidentally, if suspected US- and European falls find in the first days a careful reporte