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'Civilization on Mars' Claims Debunked
StarEmperor writes "Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait has finally taken some time to
debunk conspiracy theorist Richard Hoagland's claims about life on Mars. There's also a CNN story about this here."
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Russians found liquid water on Mars!
http://www.libo.ru
Iraq: war to save the U
Daffy Duck told me Marvin the Martian was there and was going to destroy the earth! Don't tell me television has been lying to me all these years.
Hold up, wait a minute, let me put some pimpin in it
WTF? So now Total Recall is all fake too? There's 2 hours of 'science learning' I'll never get back.
Can I take off my tinfoil hat now? It's kind of itchy. And hot.
...You see this Slashdot headline and the first thing you think of is a new Sid Meier game.
Still better than 'Fox News' though...
I know a person who was convinced that dogs in Egypt say 'meow meow' instead of 'bow wow'.
I got one better. (And it's almost on-topic too!) My wife, until a few months ago, honestly had no idea that the moon didn't generate its own light. When I first learned of this, I picked my jaw up off the floor and tried explaining to her that it was really the sun's light reflecting off it. Unfortunately, she couldn't comprehend how it could still be illuminated at night, so true enlightenment didn't come until I made a mockup of the solar system with skittles and a flashlight.
She also didn't know that stars were suns and vice versa. She's a great person and usually has common sense by the truckload, but I've come to the conclusion that her teachers in elementary school must have been Bastard Science Educators From Hell or something.