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mclinking
research3300
here is couple articles on comets and possible connections to the major plagues:
Comets & Contagion
Viruses, Bacteria & Diseases from Space
journalofcosmology.com...
Different theory:
cassiopaea.org...
more speculation:
mb-soft.com...
comets delivering life?
arxiv.org...
As opposed to the resident 'expert' here re matters of astronomy, it is most refreshing to have a poster here providing well-documented sources. I hereby express my personal thanks.
SheopleNation
TheNewSense
It is wiser not too worry about everything that could possibly go wrong with anything, but it is your prerogative.
Well thank you for informing me of my rights. I agree with you though, because I believe that negative thoughts can have a negative effect on circumstances. To be perfectly honest with you, I don't spend much time worrying about things that I cannot control. I do like to talk about the Universe, comets and possible other worldly beings though. Have a great day. ~$heopleNation
So not seeing it your way is a misunderstanding?
Not all Comets are the same, what's been observed in the past will not guarantee what will be observed in the future. Do you comprehend what I just said?
I don't believe that you yourself even understands what argument you're attempting to make. Please continue though, it's quite entertaining.
I suppose you are trying to say "well, it is possible that it came into our solar system from the outside after our solar system formed", and I guess that it is possible (just like almost anything is "possible"), but there is no reason to suspect that ISON is any different than every other comet out there. We can say "maybe ISON is different", but that would be baseless wild speculation.
Sure, Just as saying that "there is no reason to suspect that ISON IS any different from every other comet out there" is a reckless assumption. I mean, what reason could there be that would cause you to suspect? Not all Comets are the same, the Universe is much too vast to believe otherwise. I mean you and I could go on all day about what is, what isn't and what could be. One thing is for certain though, we don't know. ~$heopleNation
If it behaves as predicted why would it be reckless to assume such when that is how other results and knowledge is gained through experimentation? Is ISON doing something strange, as opposed to what other comets did when coming into the neighborhood?
Oh really now? So what "experimentation" are you doing? Have you flown and landed on comet ISON in order to conduct your so-called experiment, Please explain if you like?
Who claimed that ISON was ever doing something strange? You can try to explain that as well, but let's use a little logic and not fabricate arguments that nobody even made.
Exactly, so do you have any personal knowledge or theories of your own other than standing on other peoples shoulders while ranting about who quoted what or who asked who a question?
But I thought you said it's been observed, and follows what has been observed in the past, so that makes your mind already made up now does it not? Man, you're tripping over your own words.
InhaleExhale
Yes, and that is why there is no reason to freak out or think its reckless to use assumptions based on previous data that from observation of this comet could be applied.
your view as pointed out by your reply to Soylent is it would reckless to make those assumptions because we just don't know and anything is possible which I agreed it would be reckless just on its own but added some conditions which showed its not reckless to follow a path thats lead to the correct destination in the past, that being scientific theory.
its acting as predicted is it not?
mclinking
research3300
here is couple articles on comets and possible connections to the major plagues:
Comets & Contagion
Viruses, Bacteria & Diseases from Space
journalofcosmology.com...
Different theory:
cassiopaea.org...
more speculation:
mb-soft.com...
comets delivering life?
arxiv.org...
As opposed to the resident 'expert' here re matters of astronomy, it is most refreshing to have a poster here providing well-documented sources. I hereby express my personal thanks.
SheopleNation
InhaleExhale
Yes, and that is why there is no reason to freak out or think its reckless to use assumptions based on previous data that from observation of this comet could be applied.
Nobody is freaking out, we are having a discussion so calm down.
your view as pointed out by your reply to Soylent is it would reckless to make those assumptions because we just don't know and anything is possible which I agreed it would be reckless just on its own but added some conditions which showed its not reckless to follow a path thats lead to the correct destination in the past, that being scientific theory.
That is just it, you choose to go by former observations and I choose to keep an open mind until the end when I can then, and only then, validate your theory that it will end up acting just like any other Comet. We simply have two different approaches to it all. It's called having a difference of opinion, happens every day here.
its acting as predicted is it not?
Thus far, yes. Let's wait and see what happens as it makes it's way around the Sun. If it makes it anyway. ~$heopleNation
wildespace
reply to post by infoseeker26754
I guess this thread has been not really about ISON (just one of thousands of comets that has been visiting us in human history) but about taking a stab at science and letting your imagination fly free. Yes, let's disregard the fact that science has been studying the universe using scientific method (as opposed to religious doctrines and superstition), making succesfull predictions, allowing us have advanced medicine, cars, planes, spaceflight, the Internet to discuss these things, and an unprecendented insight into stars, planets, galaxies, etc. including our own planet.
Suppose ISON will pass us by like an ordinary comet. Will have people learned something from this? Or will they start another "campaign" against science and its predictions when another comet comes along? That's one of the biggest differences between science and the anti-science crowd: science learns.
Can the Sun not rise tomorrow (or even in a few hundred year's time)? You mentioned this possibility, but have you considered what this possibility would imply? The Sun cannot disappear, or go out like a candle. The Earth cannot stop spinning just like that. There would have to be some titanic force to have it stop, and that kind of force would shatter our planet into rubble. And that force would have to come from some very massive object, which we would be able to see approaching for decades before it gets here.
Thinking "we don't know everything, therefore anything can happen" is a fallacy. We wouldn't be where we are now if we thought like that. We would still live in stone age if it weren't for science. Science is behind all the technologies we use, from forging metal and making tools and structures out of it, to agriculture and medicine.
mclinking
Is comet ISON behaving normally? I would say 'No'. There is a video of its interaction with Mars when it approached said planet, not recorded by NASA in public shutdown and denied by Phage. Anyway, this is the latest I can get on ISON :
www.space.com...
Which seems to be baffling the experts. Of course, we could always ask Phage.
mclinking
Is comet ISON behaving normally? I would say 'No'. There is a video of its interaction with Mars when it approached said planet, not recorded by NASA in public shutdown and denied by Phage. Anyway, this is the latest I can get on ISON :
www.space.com...
mclinking
Is comet ISON behaving normally? I would say 'No'. There is a video of its interaction with Mars when it approached said planet, not recorded by NASA in public shutdown and denied by Phage. Anyway, this is the latest I can get on ISON :
www.space.com...
Which seems to be baffling the experts. Of course, we could always ask Phage.