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Started by ThinkAnarchy, April 16, 2012, 08:54:18 PM

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ThinkAnarchy

April 16, 2012, 08:54:18 PM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/12/alien_dinosaurs/

I found this idea rather fascinating.

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Rather than dying out in the dimly lit aftermath of a ginormous asteroid impact, dinosaurs on Earth may have instead spread to other planets and built a terrifying space-conquering empire.

Organic chemistry expert Prof Ronald Breslow has suggested from new research into DNA that the Jurassic Park monsters may in fact be living in highly evolved civilisations on other worlds - quite possibly with their own interstellar exploration programmes.

"We would be better off not meeting them," the Columbia University boffin warned, however.

The alien dino theory in Breslow's paper published today in The Journal of the American Chemical Society is just one speculative conclusion of his research into DNA shapes. In his research the award-winning academic probed a mystery that's bothered boffins since the last century: why amino acids and sugars on Earth are always structured in a particular way.
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Tank

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April 16, 2012, 09:53:28 PM
A real example of science fiction!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Recusant

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April 16, 2012, 10:10:18 PM
Meh, Anna Leach has nothing on David Icke.  ::)
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration — courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth."
— H. L. Mencken

Mr. Deity and the Consent

Ali

#3
April 16, 2012, 11:19:15 PM
"We would be better off not meeting them." LMAO

Is this a joke?

ThinkAnarchy

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April 16, 2012, 11:30:52 PM
Quote from: Ali on April 16, 2012, 11:19:15 PM
"We would be better off not meeting them." LMAO

Is this a joke?

Not based on the links at the bottom, but the scientist who proposed it would likely have to have a good sense of humor.  :)
"He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed." -Ben Franklin

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -credited to Franklin, but not sure.

The Magic Pudding

#5
April 17, 2012, 05:30:10 AM
Janeway met them/will meet them in the Delta Quadrant.

Tank

#6
April 17, 2012, 07:55:38 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on April 17, 2012, 05:30:10 AM
Janeway met them/will meet them in the Delta Quadrant.
Yes she will and their theology got in the way of a logical/peaceful meeting. But that was just a story.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Siz

#7
April 17, 2012, 08:50:41 AM
Darn Prime Directive... does more harm than good. Captain Kirk wouldn't have allowed himself to be so encumbered; Nuke them from from space, then chuck all our empty plastic bags, fridges and toxic waste at them for 'storage'. Then say it was the Romulans. Everyone's a winner... sort of...

When one sleeps on the floor one need not worry about falling out of bed - Anton LaVey

The universe is a cold, uncaring void. The key to happiness isn't a search for meaning, it's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually you'll be dead!

Unlinked

#8
April 18, 2012, 02:33:58 AM
I think the entire article is presented a little skewed. Reading a bit more carefully, I'm pretty sure that Breslow is just proposing that bits of Earth carrying amino acids might have spread to habitable planets and populated them as per the panspermia theory.

I'm only partly convinced in panspermia, but the possibility is certainly there.

Quote from: ThinkAnarchy on April 16, 2012, 11:30:52 PM
Not based on the links at the bottom, but the scientist who proposed it would likely have to have a good sense of humor.  :)

^My thoughts exactly for the first part of the article.

markmcdaniel

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May 30, 2012, 07:21:50 AM
Interesting idea, but I will say the same thing that I say to theists that Is :That extraordinary ideas require extraordinary evidence.
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science - Charles Darwin

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Religion is a by product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity. - Arther C. Clarke

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