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Odds of Life on Nearby Planet '100 Percent,' Astronomer Says
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/09/29/odds-life-newfound-earth-size-planet-percent-astronomer-say/ ^
Posted on 10/01/2010 6:39:34 AM PDT by MNDude
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pretty confident about a place that is detected only by a computer analyzing the fluctuations of a star's light waves.
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:39:40 AM PDT
by
MNDude
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:41:42 AM PDT
by
C210N
(0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
To: MNDude
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:42:09 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Put the kettle on!)
To: MNDude
At least his colleague was more reasonable and didn’t make the 100% claim. That’s a pretty huge assumption of certainly given the paucity of data.
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:42:59 AM PDT
by
drbuzzard
(different league)
To: MNDude
Yes it’s not like they could visually observe it. Don’t know how they can make such predictions!
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:43:09 AM PDT
by
Empireoftheatom48
(Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
To: MNDude
Did they ask him about man-made global warming?
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:44:08 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: MNDude
I'll go further -- the odds of that planet being populated by people who all look like Elle Macpherson approach 100%.
Go ahead -- prove me wrong!
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:44:58 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Things will change after the revolution, but not before.)
To: MNDude
“pretty confident about a place that is detected only by a computer analyzing the fluctuations of a star's light waves.”
So, ONLY by a computer analyzing the fluctuations of a star's light waves, we now KNOW there is HUMAN life elsewhere? LOL!
Is it any wonder the U.S. continues to tank WORLD WIDE in Math and Science. All they have done is used FINITE HUMAN knowledge, which is behind the scenes in ANY computer program to determine HUMAN LIFE on another planet. This is the height of arrogance. Any computer will only do what is is PRGRAMMED to do by a HUMAN being. I suppose circular logic doesn't get in the way of truth. Could we send liberals up there to test this out?
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:45:14 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: MNDude
It won’t matter unless there is a McDonalds.
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:45:46 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
To: MNDude
An Earth-size planet has been spotted orbiting a nearby star at a distance that would makes it not too hot and not too cold
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:47:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: MNDude
Mr. 100% should feel free to visit his newfound discovery. And take the maoist with him.
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:48:31 AM PDT
by
Carley
(For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: MNDude
Hairy, Nasty and the Wee Wee are happy because alien life is something else they might get to tax
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:48:40 AM PDT
by
Zakeet
(Like the wise Wee Wee said, "We can't be broke ... we still have checks in the checkbook.")
To: MNDude
Sensational headlines are what the media lives for.
What are they going to do, interview all the other scientists who shrug their shoulders and say they don’t know?
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:48:44 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: MNDude
The most “Earth-like” planet we have ever found is Venus. If we were viewing it from another solar system it would look like a perfect duplicate of Earth.
There is probably not a lot of life on Venus.
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:48:53 AM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: Lazamataz
A planet in the “Goldilocks Zone” MUST have a STARBUCKS.....................
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:48:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: drbuzzard
At least his colleague was more reasonable and didnt make the 100% claim. Thats a pretty huge assumption of certainly given the paucity of data. I take it you know very little about getting government grants. Paucity of data won't get you dough, wild assumptions that grab headlines will. Silly you!
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:49:05 AM PDT
by
11th Commandment
(http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
To: MNDude
I hope it's these dudes:
To: MNDude
“I have almost no doubt about it” and 100% are two entirely different things. This guy had better be better at science than at communicating with the press.
To: MNDude
chances of life on this planet are 100 percent that means there's globull warming there for sure! (sarc)
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:51:25 AM PDT
by
Need4Truth
(the just shall live by faith.)
To: MNDude
That’s crazy. If just the tilt of the Earth’s axis was just a little different life could not exist. If our sun was just a faction hotter (or colder) life couldn’t exist. There is no way they can quantify even these variables for the planet and sun in question to make the assertion they do. Does the planet in question have an atmosphere? Silly assertions like this give REAL scientists a bad name and make it appear that science has become hopelessly politicized and monitized.
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