Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Meteorites USA
Perhaps... But, are you referring to the Orgueil meteorite claim of fossilized bacteria, Murchison, or the whole claim of fossilized microbial life in meteorites all together? We already know that microbial life can survive in space. The question is for how long. The conclusion sounds

Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Adam Hupe
://skymania.com/wp/2010/04/new-meteorite-clues-to-life-on-mars.html Best Regards, Adam - Original Message From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 12:15:39 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW

Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Meteorites USA
- Original Message From: Meteorites USAe...@meteoritesusa.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 12:15:39 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites Perhaps... But, are you referring to the Orgueil meteorite claim

Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:39:48 -0700, you wrote: ;) Patience... Historically there's a process of belief vs proof and that helps hypothesis and theory to evolves into self evident fact.. At first people are not receptive and it gets ignored, then they argue against it, then it becomes plausible,

Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Meteorites USA
If one looks hard enough at anything with a skeptical mind ambiguity will present itself in all it's subjective glory. I understand about contamination with regard to meteorites falling, then sitting for thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years before their discovery. I also admit that

Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:15:18 -0700, you wrote: If one looks hard enough at anything with a skeptical mind ambiguity will present itself in all it's subjective glory. As does confirmation bias. Are you REALLY suggesting that people shouldn't look at information skeptically and point out flaws

Re: [meteorite-list] WAS Cyanobacteria in meteorites? NOW: Life in Meteorites

2010-08-21 Thread Meteorites USA
Of course not, as evidenced by my comment.. ...I'm not arguing against doubt. I'm for it to an extent. But we should temper doubt with logic...' My point was that we can reduce the amount of doubt by proper sampling and testing. That in turn frees the mind to be open to more radical