Yep, and I can't understand this fad for claims that go along the lines of 'we have found the building blocks of life' , even yesterday the BBC announced that NASA had found 'building blocks of life' on Mars in the latest Rover sample, it turned out the BBC meant Hydrogen and Oxygen! - What Hydrogen/Oxygen in space? Wow there's a revelation - NOT!
And Amino acids are not 'the building blocks of life' either, they are nothing like, they form quite naturally without ANY life being present. I never seen any evidence that life needed to seeded from outside the Earth, every shred of evidence we have implies life as we know it started right here. We could very well be the only life in the universe for all we know (although I find that statistically unlikely). It's like the search for water on Mars, all very interesting but I bet there are millions of planets in the universe with liquid water, and I'd bet most of them don't have any life on.. Mark -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic Stone & Ironworks Sent: 12 March 2013 19:40 To: Count Deiro Cc: Mike Groetz; Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils inFireballFragments Hi Count, Phil, List, and Innocent Bystanders, I have to chime in a bit here on a more serious note. I think there is merit to the idea of panspermia. I am not convinced that panspermia explains any of the lifeforms or living processes here on Earth, but that does not mean the idea is baseless. We have been bombarded for billions of years by objects that contain water and the precursors of organic compounds, amino acids, etc. Injecting this material into the crucible of primitive Earth could result in changes to the evolution of life that would not have occurred without the addition of those extraterrestrial ingredients. We may owe our existence to comets and meteorites. Or maybe not. But, the most fervent proponents of the panspermia theory are throwing caution and scientific method to the wind. They look for evidence to support their views and they find it. They selectively ignore valid questions about their methodology and the integrity of their evidence. Wickramasinghe is not doing the panspermia theory any favors. Whether or not there is any validity to the theory is trumped by his questionable methods. Also, publishing anything at all in the so-called "Journal of Cosmology" is not the way to gain any respect or consideration. A lot of people want to believe that panspermia played a role in the development of life on Earth and elsewhere - it's an enticing and romantic idea that opens many doors of possibility for the frequency of life in the cosmos. But Wickramasinghe is not convincing me of this. I bet the credible proponents of the theory wish they could squelch this guy, because he is adding a lot noise to the panspermia signal. Best regards, MikeG PS - I do happen to believe in "panspermia", but please don't put me in Wickramasinghe's camp. ;) -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 ------------------------------------------------------------- On 3/12/13, Count Deiro <countde...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > I haven't read Wickramasinge. I do hold stock in panspermic theory. In > particular, the findings of water, amino acids, etc. in the meteorites I > mentioned. The NASA/JPL paper "New Evidence of Life Forms in Martian > Meteorites" descibing and illustrating what seven of their best have > concluded are life forms in Nakhla and AH84001 was particularly convincing > to me. > > That SUV sized lab that we spent a few hundred million to put on Mars, was > sent there for the admitted purpose of solving our disagreement for us. You > may have watched and listened to the first report of Curiosity's findings > today streamed on the web. The Nasa team was about to pee their pants having > the opportunity to confirm that in the first drilling of a rock on Mars, > they have proven an environment existed that would have beeen amiable to > life. > > It will get better.... > > Regards, > > Guido > > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum <dori...@embarqmail.com> >>Sent: Mar 12, 2013 9:42 AM >>To: Count Deiro <countde...@earthlink.net>, Galactic Stone & Ironworks >> <meteoritem...@gmail.com> >>Cc: Mike Groetz <mpg4...@gmail.com>, Meteorite List >> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils >> inFireballFragments >> >>Hello Count, >> >>All that stuff has been debunked long ago, no need to beat dead horses. >>That is unless some new evidence has been discovered. If you have new >>evidence, I'd love to hear it. >> >>Seriously, you think the work of Chandra Wickramasinghe is worthy of >>discussion? Please proceed..... >> >>Phil Whitmer >>Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Count Deiro" <countde...@earthlink.net> >>To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com>; "Joshua Tree >>Earth & Space Museum" <dori...@embarqmail.com> >>Cc: "Mike Groetz" <mpg4...@gmail.com>; "Meteorite List" >><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:32 PM >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils >>inFireballFragments >> >> >>> Hi List, >>> >>> Meteorite Mike has said ".. are hereby suspended..." and Phil wrote >>> "..too >>> dumb to discuss.." >>> >>> Darn. I was hoping to sell my Nakhla, Murchison and Allende specimens, to >>> >>> mention just a few. >>> >>> Wait till all those guys and gals, with the three letters after their >>> names, engaged in writing and publishing papers supporting the presence >>> of >>> fossilized nano-bacteria, biomorphs and elements that postulate >>> pansermia, >>> find out that their work "is too dumb to discuss"! >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Count Deiro >>> IMCA 3536 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritem...@gmail.com> >>>>Sent: Mar 12, 2013 7:59 AM >>>>To: Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum <dori...@embarqmail.com> >>>>Cc: Mike Groetz <mpg4...@gmail.com>, Meteorite List >>>><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils in >>>>FireballFragments >>>> >>>>All ancient life-bearing meteorites, diatom-bearing meteorites, >>>>red-rain particles, and panspermia chondrites are hereby suspended >>>>until further notice.... >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >>>>Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >>>>Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone >>>>Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >>>>RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >>>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>>On 3/12/13, Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum <dori...@embarqmail.com> >>>>wrote: >>>>> Too dumb to even discuss! >>>>> >>>>> Phil Whitmer >>>>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Mike Groetz" <mpg4...@gmail.com> >>>>> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:17 AM >>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils in >>>>> FireballFragments >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512381/astrobiologists-find-ancient-fossils-in-fireball-fragments/ >>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>>>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>>> >>>>______________________________________________ >>>> >>>>Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>>>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
