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More Evidence For a Clovis-Killer Comet
fortapocalypse sends word that a new paper was published today in the journal Science on the hypothesis that a comet impact wiped out the Clovis people 12,900 years ago. (We discussed this hypothesis last year when it was put forth.) The new evidence is a layer of nanodiamonds at locations all across North America, at a depth corresponding to 12,900 years ago, none earlier or later. The researchers hypothesize that the comet that initiated the Younger Dryas, reversing the warming from the previous ice age, fragmented and exploded in a continent-wide conflagration that produced a layer of diamond from carbon on the surface. While disputing the current hypothesis, NASA's David Morrison allows, "They may have discovered something absolutely marvelous and unexplained."
Ha! There's only one invisibility cloak! And Harry Potter has it!
You can't just leave it alone can you. You need to retake you statistics class again. And for religious zealotry it usually falls along the normal distribution curve. There is a small vocal minority who takes everything in the bible word for word, Then it gradually with many many gray lines, goes up to people to take the bible as mostly written abstractly to explain the concepts. Then it goes to a book maintained over hundreds of years to explain morality, then goes to something that has corrupted the world for hundreds of years. You wonder why the radical evangelics fights so hard against science. Because the scientist want to mock them and prove them wrong.
Lets put aside your Religious/Anti-Religious beliefs and focus on the Real Science. If someone goes up to you and tries to open a religious flame war, just respect their beliefs, I tend to like "Your beliefs may be correct, however my job as a scientist is to go with the evidence that is given to me with the data I have. My Data can possible be incorrect or falsified however my job is to follow what I currently have." , This doesn't cause the conflict that other methods have. And if you do come with a conclusion that isn't against their religious concepts they will accept it better knowing that you respect their beliefs. Also it forces the other person to really think about their actions, of having taking the higher moral ground you are in a better position. Just because you wildly disagree with a person and you have the rights to do so. It doesn't mean it is always a good idea to do so. You may say they are living a lie, but to their Point of View so are you, thus a situation where you cannot resolve a conflict.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
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