I agree with Jeff completely. Same thing happens in Medicine. And even when the data is peer reviewed, that doesn't mean that it is rock solid truth. It's a process of continual evaluation and refinement.
David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Grossman Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of Angrites" for sale -... Yikes! Abstracts to meetings are not peer reviewed! jeff On 7/21/2010 10:05 PM, Adam Hupe wrote: > Hi Jason and List, > > I do not refute Melinda Hutson's article that was never peer reviewed and > contains several errors according to the classifying scientists. I asked > scientists about the article and they stated, it is obvious that she didn't > read > the original peer reviewed abstract carefully, even mistaking the type of > petrology that was discussed using formulas that simply do not apply to the > texture NWA 2999 exhibits. > > There were several prestigious coauthors listed in the original paper; Unique > Angrite NWA 2999: The Case For Samples From Mercury. > > Who am I to argue with the world's best? I will keep an open mind and hope > for > some ground truth that will hopefully settle it once and for all. I think the > authors were making a point of having an open mind and that the subject should > be debated possibly stimulated more scientific interest in Angrites. It took > a > long time to win over the scientific community that some of these meteorites > were actually from Mars. It was debated to death and now nobody argues about > the Shergottite parent body any more. > > Best Regards, > > Adam > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list P Please consider the impact to the environment before printing this email. P Please consider the impact to the environment before printing this email. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
