Nasa's Kepler telescope finds 10 Earth-like planets:

Something tells me we're not going to agree on this?

 

Yet....we can agree on THAT

 

Sorry, but who the hell are you a messanger for if not for yourself?

And when it comes to confronting ignorant luddites spouting idiotic nonsense I do tend to get a little "shirty" with them since actual knowledge and facts keep bouncing off their foreheads.

and frankly I don't care what you think, but when you express your opinions in a discussion forum you should be prepared for some feedback (positive or negative) AND you should have the courage to defend those opinions.

Regrettably it seems you believe you are simply a messenger for anonymous sources and therefore should be shielded from negative reactions regardless of the content of your posts. As donnie would say SAD.

 

He keeps posting, using what was a supercomputer 20 years ago, on a global network that revolutionized the world, running on chips that have billions of transistors on each one, doing trillions of calculations per second, that science is crap. Go figure.

 

'Snappish', as Ally McBeal's secretary would say. Such intemperate ripostes usually convert to 'Blimey he has a point here, but I can't admit it 'cos it will make me look stupid so I'll just be rude instead.' Enuff said?

 

What is allegedly fake or false? Or is this merely an exercise in how not to debate.

 

WTF has the progress of computers and computing to do with the universe? And don't talk about me, talk to me, if you please?

 

Sorry but you've read enough on just this one (of many others) thread to know where I'm coming from. If you don't know by now, you never will.

 

No, I have no idea what the heck you're talking about. It does not compute.

 

Well I'm not gonna repeat every post I've ever contributed to the Science forum just because you didn't read any of them.

 

What's wrong with the current report of ten planets earth sized around G type stars?

 

Do you always construct strawmen to "protect" your nonsensical utterances?
Does it make you feel better to invent your opponent's responses?
I guess I can understand that such fallacious imaginings provide some "intellectual and emotional" protection from one's own deficiencies.


As to who looks stupid around here, I suggest you look in the mirror, because IMHO, what you deem "fake science" demonstrates either stupidity which is excusable because stupid people can't help being stupid or profound ignorance which isn't excusable because ignorance can be cured with knowledge acquisition.

 

Do you always believe every word you read in NASA-sponsored (financed?) publications without the slightest tangible proof of it? My guess is 'yes'!! Oh and I'm not 'stupid' - trust me on that!

 

Trust you on that? As soon as I see corroborating evidence I'll be happy to "trust" you. Until then, my opinion shall remain the same.

 

I've forgotten what it was now!

 

Drove right by Keck today (along with the others). Pretty day on Mauna Kea. Raining here on Hualalai. Incredible technology and science on the sacred mount. Pele is busy elsewhere thank goodness.

 

'Pele'? Who he? Or who she??

 

Easy to find. Ask Moana.

 

Why am I not surprised your memory is so conveniently poor.

I guess it does help you get thru the day tho since you immediately forget when you make a fool of yourself.

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Now now, keep it polite?? Don't let my touching a raw nerve lower the tone of our conversation.

 

How long would it take to reach the stars riding one of your biblical dinosaurs?

 

NASA has provided tangible proof and the fact that you can even communicate in this forum is part of that proof.

As far as planets around other stars go it was only about 25 years ago that we had ZERO evidence for the existence of planets around other stars. 400 years ago people still believed that the earth was the center of the entire universe.

Is that what you believe?

Why are you threatened by advances in scientific knowledge?

Does the concept of other intelligent beings in the universe keep you awake at night in terror that you might not be "special"?

 

No one is going to try to go to the stars at the relative speeds of today's rocketry. You need an engine that accelerates for 1/2 the trip and decelerates the rest. Or warp engines/ships which is not entirely out of the question.....someday.

 

Soon we will be able to see them directly. I hope I live long enough. Not only see them but know whether they have an atmosphere and of what composition. And water!