The November/December issue of Skeptical Inquirer has a long article about
Mr. Nutcase Hoagland. Very enlightening.
>Having said that, as I understand it Mr Hoagland was one of the first people
>to openly suggest that there may be primitive lifeforms beneath the ice on
>Europa,
As I understand it, there is no evidence that this statement is true.
>an idea which is almost universally accepted by exo-biologists now,
An idea "universally accepted" by a group of scientists when there isn't a
shred of evidence to support it? Unlikely.
>so let's not condemn the guy *totally*.
Sure. He produces valuable carbon dioxide and fertilizers for the plant
life on Earth.
>It's all good for debate and
>increasing public interest in Mars, which is what we really need if we've to
>have any hope of staging a manned mission anytime soon.
It's all good for perpetuating long-standing conspiracy theories, outright
lies, superstitions, and crank publications at the expense of real science
content which is what the public _really_ wants but too often cannot get
thanks to the nutcases setting the public agenda.
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http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
"I look up to the heavens
but night has clouded over
no spark of constellation
no Vela no Orion." -Enya
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