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Mars & The Teachable Moment
Gallenod writes "In this article at space.com, Edna DeVore, Director of Education and Public Outreach for SETI, states that people are being continually exposed to pseudo-science from watching television and reading tabloids. Her examples include the "face" on Mars (which she discusses in detail in the article), alien autopsies, Area 51 in the Nevada desert as alien storage quarters, the "non-landings" on the Moon, UFO's, and alien kidnappings. DeVore describes the current Mars missions as a "teachable moment," an opportunity to teach factual science and astronomy in the context of sensationalistic psuedo-science and the legion of money-grubbing opportunists who make their living churning it out."
where is my tinfoil hat....
the world being round is pseudo-science. Ah how later discoveries can change things.
This is a joke, SETI is a nerd fantasy, MORE so than UFOs. Let's look at the basic premise of SETI "science": -other intelligent life exists, but is stuck on planets like ours and therefore MUST use radio to communicate they have already "scientifically" decided that aliens cannot get here...why? because our technology is primitive?! they must use radio waves like smoke signals? why and to whom are they sending these signals? Can anyone present scientific evidence for any of these assumptions?
I have major doubts about the landing of the moon... Because as a space physics course points out there is some heavy radioation belt between the moon and earth, one that the electronics needs heavy protection from. And organic substances would have a very hard time surviving... So when I see some results from an experiment of what damage that the radiation of sending organic material into the radiation which comes from the sun btw, causes... And the experiment isn't made from a sneeky country like USA which has their own selfish purposes to fullfill. I doubt that they wouldn't falsely construct their own results... When I see some legitimate data of the effects of the radiation then I can consider that a moon-landing has actually been done! But I would preferably have some other country repeat the same achievment as well!