News Briefs 26-01-2011
Posted by Rick MG at 11:31, 26 Jan 2011Big news on the 'alien abduction' meme brewing, stay tuned to TDG.
- Astronomer says alien life impossible, exoplanets too hostile.
- Meanwhile, in hostile environments on Earth...
- Nick Redfern & NASA conspiracies on the Kate Valentine UFO Show.
- UFOs seen near Colombia's Nevado del Huila volcano.
- Inexplicata translates another report on UFOs in Puerto Rico.
- Skywatchers spot secret U.S. spy satellite in orbit.
- Runaway star creates stunning dust shockwave.
- Herschel spacecraft celebrates a year of spectacular science.
- Pouring cold water on cold fusion claims by Italian scientists.
- Science shifting in American 'Sputnik moment'. I prefer glasnost.
- Tiny one-fingered dinosaur found. Perfect for the Creationist Museum.
- Spelunking in Britain's mythical caves is not for the faint of heart.
- Arrest of smuggler leads to Caligula's lost tomb.
- 1250-year-old temple in southern India saved by granite-stitching.
- Germany refuses to give Zahi his bust back; Nefertiti, that is.
- King Tut's tomb will remain open afterall.
- Use of psychedelic plants in Islamic & pre-Islamic mystery schools.
- Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies.
- How little cats are helping National Geographic save big cats.
Mucho thanks to Kat & RPJ.
Quote of the Day:
Looking at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots representing towns and villages on a map. Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?
Vincent Van Gogh
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12 April 2007
9 hours 5 min
He, Fine retort, mate ;)
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
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22 November 2004
1 day 13 hours
What we have observed about earth life is that it survives in basically any environment that it can get to.
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We are the cat.
12 April 2007
9 hours 5 min
Nick Redfern's interview can be found here.
Like Joey Ramone used to say to his fans "if you don't like this song, don't worry: next one begins in 2 minutes" Nick seems to be the sort of author who says "if you don't like this new book, don't worry: next one gets published next month" ;)
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
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14 July 2008
50 weeks 2 days
Re: Pouring cold water on cold fusion claims by Italian scientists.
http://io9.com/5742290/no-italian-scient...
The story links back to io9.com, which had become something of a pleasure to read from time to time. I don't really need to agree with everything that I read to appreciate a well written article or opinion.
As for the subject matter; cold fusion, immediate skepticism is nothing new. It has become something akin to the perpetual motion machine. The general opinion of mainstream science is that it is impossible.
Of course, shortly after the Wright Brothers announced they had achieved powered, heavier-than-air flight, there were many in the science community that scoffed at the possibility. And that's basically what I offered as a comment to the article.
From what I have been able to gather from the news stories on this subject, the inventor demonstrated his invention and was witnessed to work as described. So the next argument was that the process had not been submitted through the proper channels within the official scientific community.
(que: harp music - fade to B&W)
I can see old man Edison screwing in an incandescent bulb and watching it light... and then hear that same community deny his invention because it had not been properly approved. That the thing lit up is unimportant. That it was not rubber stamped and then run through granny's bureaucratic wringer-washer was the problem.
(que: full-scale keyboard pound on piano - snap back to real time)
Anyway, after a few hours, I returned to io9.com to see what responses to my comment, if any, awaited. It was then that I found out that my comments were not going to be published to begin with... until I had passed an 'audition'.
Audition? Oh, come on now... this is really silly as hell.
I have since written a letter of inquiry to the website but don't expect to pass whatever test they are giving... or really, even getting a reply to the email.
Old rusty buckets don't fit well alongside elitist table decor.
So, in a nutshell, you can screw in the conceptual light bulb and illuminate a room with thought but... if the bulb has not been submitted through proper channels, approved and signed in triplicate, you might as well join that infinite troop of monkeys banging away on that infinite number of typewriters...
*sigh*
As for the cold fusion device? Probably nothing. Inventing is most likely just a little like auditioning.
"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."
12 April 2007
9 hours 5 min
It's that kind of aversion to radical claims what's forced scientists to study that "cold fusion" claims in a very hush hush way. They probably don't even call it by that name, but I'm pretty sure several laboratories are performing experiments on it as we speak.
Could that help us make a better battery? Maybe, maybe not. But it sure could help us advance our understanding on the laws of Nature.
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
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6 April 2010
7 hours 36 min
...wait, that one-eyed cat looks familiar ;)
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
12 April 2007
9 hours 5 min
Rick's girlfriend is very photogenic ;)
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
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