Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-08 Thread Darren Garrison
More scholarship from the Journal of Cosmology: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/i_am_getting_a_very_poor_impre.php __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-08 Thread Shawn Alan
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13075522page=1 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-08 Thread Sterling K. Webb
. --- - Original Message - From: Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13075522page=1

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-08 Thread Pete Pete
. --- - Original Message - From: Shawn Alan To: Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13075522page=1

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
Here's PZ Myers' take on it. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/did_scientists_discover_bacter.php __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread John L
Dirk and List, I just read the abstract and much of the publication. Should this finding stand up to scrutiny, i would say, it is more like a smoking gun and thought altering!! John IMCA# 1896 - Original Message - From: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com To:

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread drtanuki
L j...@hc.fdn.com wrote: From: John L j...@hc.fdn.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 12:53 AM Dirk and List, I just read the abstract and much

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread wahlperry
Hi Dirk and List, Thanks for the link. This would explain the rash that I developed shortly after cutting Moapa Valley CM1. ; ) I will have to suspend all sales until further notice. Just teasing! On a serious note, this is fascinating news. It will be interesting to see what the other

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Matthew Smith
Incredible and potentially mind blowing. I've had a quick scan through and it appears they have been thorough in trying to eliminate the possibility of terrestrial contamination, etc. I guess this really could be *the* big news. Thanks for posting, Matt. On 05/03/11 14:56, drtanuki wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hoover is a serious scientist. Just Google his name and you will find many publications. His recent paper is an elaboration and deeper analysis of work he has done for a decade: http://journalofcosmology.com/Life100.html (full article) However, he published a similar study in 2004 and many

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Pete Pete
From: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: drtan...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 15:19:38 -0600 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Hoover is a serious scientist. Just Google his name and you

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Count Deiro
-Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Mar 5, 2011 1:19 PM To: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Hoover is a serious scientist. Just Google his name and you

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria -CORRECTION

2011-03-05 Thread Count Deiro
SYNTAX CORRECTION: Hi Sterling, Dirk and Listees, We humanoidswe are this system's alien life form. Some sunny day, here or elsewhere, something we find inexplicable will hold one of us up high on a capture line, thrashing our appendages about and snapping at the line... Count Deiro IMCA

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Marc Fries
Howdy all Here's my two cents, pure and simple - this paper is 110% bullshit. The filaments the paper addresses are nothing new. They are apparently amorphous sulfates formed from aqueous alteration of fine sulfides in the CI's. You can see that in the EDS spectra published in the

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Darren Garrison
Here's PP's take on it over at Bad Astronomy. The fact that it is any way connected with wackjob Chandra Wickramasinghe is not a good sign. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/05/has-life-been-found-in-a-meteorite/#more-29102 __

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Darren Garrison
A press release from the journal that published the paper. Does any journal that writes crap like that deserve ANY credibility? http://daviddobbs.posterous.com/journal-of-cosmology-going-out-with-big-bang __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Ted Bunch
Well said!! On 3/5/11 4:19 PM, Marc Fries fr...@psi.edu wrote: Howdy all Here's my two cents, pure and simple - this paper is 110% bullshit. The filaments the paper addresses are nothing new. They are apparently amorphous sulfates formed from aqueous alteration of fine sulfides in the

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread drtanuki
...@psi.edu Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria To: Meteorite-list List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 8:19 AM Howdy all     Here's my two cents, pure and simple - this paper is 110% bullshit.  The filaments the paper addresses are nothing

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Becky and Kirk
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Howdy all Here's my two cents, pure and simple - this paper is 110% bullshit. The filaments the paper addresses are nothing new. They are apparently amorphous

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Montgomery
I'll take Dr. Ted's advise while I watch this unfold. - Original Message - From: Marc Fries fr...@psi.edu To: Meteorite-list List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Howdy all

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Linton Rohr
; Meteorite-list List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Hi All, But---on the other hand---what Marc is saying could also be used for his own negative analysis or his own Lowell Effect

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Becky and Kirk
, March 05, 2011 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Kirk, Marc, and listoids at large, I'm hardly qualified to opine scientifically, but I think we can all agree that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. A good weekend to all. Linton - Original

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Becky and Kirk
That is just an opinion Mr. Whitmerand btw---a terrible diagnosis. Andit is probably incorrect. Kirk. - Original Message - From: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:08 PM Subject:

Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

2011-03-05 Thread Sterling K. Webb
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria Howdy all Here's my two cents, pure and simple - this paper is 110% bullshit. The filaments the paper addresses are nothing new. They are apparently amorphous