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Re: I'm SICK of the theory of "panspermia"

Subject: Re: I'm SICK of the theory of "panspermia"
From: "Martin R. Howell"
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:14:18 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:50:07 GMT, Drunken Jay Walker wrote:

> "Chris L Peterson" <clp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:fu0an2pfgd50vh6ho9nlrkjcc3puumoue2@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On 4 Dec 2006 21:13:06 -0800, "Rich" <rander3127@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>How about disproving the simple one before going of on what might be
>>>nothing more than a wild goose chase, make-work project for scientists?
>>
>> Because there's nothing wrong with pursuing more than one avenue of
>> research at the same time. Sometimes it's the wild goose chase that pays
>> off in a big way. Panspermia doesn't have to have occurred in order for
>> research into the subject to be valuable.
>>
>> Generally, research grants sort themselves out in a logical way- the
>> work with the greatest chance of yielding important results naturally
>> tends to attract the most funding. The long shots live on the margins.
>> Seems pretty reasonable to me.
>>
>> _________________________________________________
>>
>> Chris L Peterson
>> Cloudbait Observatory
>> http://www.cloudbait.com
> 
> well, you at least appear to be an expert.  But that's all.


Drunk Jay Walker. . .
well, you at least appear to be a troll.  But that's all.


-- 
Martin R. Howell
Worldwide Amateur Astronomers

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