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I'm sure [If only on an strictly Academic level] You too are curious as to what they'll find.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by VoidHawk
As for the DNA test, I feel if there is any possibility that it would test positive for alien we'll never be told the truth.
There is no "testing positive for alien". At most the DNA would display unrecognized sequences.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by SLAYER69
I'm sure [If only on an strictly Academic level] You too are curious as to what they'll find.
On an academic level...sure. If someone wants to go to the expense more power to 'em.
Want to take odds that it'll turn into another piece of Pye though? Where "unable to perform full analysis" becomes "definitely alien"? I'm far from being an expert in genetics but I don't see how a DNA analysis can prove an extraterrestrial influence.
We'll see. Maybe.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by SLAYER69
I prefer to take a wait and see approach and to always try to maintain an open mind.
Yep. Nothing wrong with that. But you know what they say about open minds...and Occam's razor.
Skeptics use Occam's razor as a fundamental tool and sometimes as evidence itself. Skeptics are people who tend to believe only what they can sense or what can be proven scientifically. This makes them foils to people who believe in conspiracy theories and religious beliefs.
But a true skeptic will tell you that he only uses Occam's razor as a tool for considering different explanations. Skeptics who truly appreciate the healthy investigation of the universe use Occam's razor to pick the simplest (and in their belief, most logical) explanation, but stop short of using it to discount other, more complex explanations. After all, evidence could come to light later on that shows the more fantastic is true, and a true skeptic's aim is to keep an open mind.
There are, however, some -- skeptics and scientists alike -- who wield the razor like a broadsword. To these people it proves one theory and disproves another. There are two problems with using Occam's razor as a tool to prove or disprove an explanation. One, determining whether or not something is simple (say, empirical evidence) is subjective -- meaning it's up to the individual to interpret its simplicity. Two, there's no evidence that supports the notion that simplicity equals truth.
the newborn's head becomes "normal" after twenty-four hours and that skeleton looks older than that. Not to mention it has no brow ridge and the ear canals don't look right.
Originally posted by UnaChispa
I know that all babies have heads like that so they can pass through Momma a lot easier.
Maybe a deficiency in the Ancient Peruvian diet caused some harm to the physical development of children.
Nonetheless, based on the preliminary results now in hand, our research team is very confident that when the Starchild’s entire genome is recovered and sequenced, the total number of confirmed differences will be so staggering that it can only lead to a conclusion that the Starchild represents an entirely new humanoid species, and that species is “alien.”
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by Klassified
I'm wondering if they may have been all part of an elite ruling class?
[For whatever reason]
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by VoidHawk
I don't know enough about genetics to really know what that means.
it means if it is chemically, morphologically and physiologically different from humans with dna that is not even close to any living creature on Earth, it is by definition alien.
Originally posted by rickymouse
reply to post by Phage
Nobody can prove extraterrestrial origin because we have nothing proven positive to compare it to. Just because the DNA is different doesn't make it an alien.