[meteorite-list] Great picture that summarizes Peru'sscientific minds.

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:02:06 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac890710261302w47d0a9c9yae9ae701f9c9e9cb_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hola All,
The trouble with this fellow's logic is namely that he appears to
believe that the study of weathering effects on meteorites is more
important than the study of what is (at this point, probably 'was')
likely the largest fresh sample of the remnants of a solar nebula
currently on the planet...
If you'd like to study weathering effects on anything, go buy a
Juancheng, Amgala, Mali, etc - something of which there's a lot about
and available for study. There's simply no reason to destroy such a
unique and scientifically important sample...merely to see how quickly
it becomes destroyed, especially when such a meager amount has made it
into scientific hands, never mind those of anyone else.

To be perfectly frank, I wouldn't put a Rembrandt out in the rain for
a study regarding how quickly paint weathers outdoors...I daresay you
wouldn't either.


With regards to rock splitting and your statement: "We take our
technologies for granted, but when do we ever try for
ourselves?"
I don't know about you, but I haven't used an arrowhead in...well,
ever. Interesting statement, but a nonsequiter. Nice try at changing
the subject...

Why don't you stop being so damn contrary just for the hell of it -
it's obvious what you're doing, "Thaddeus." If you have a bone to
pick with Michael, whoever you really are, keep it off-list, please.
It's not giving anyone anything remotely close to useful information.

Jason


On 10/26/07, JKGwilliam <h3chondrite at cox.net> wrote:
> Sterling & List,
> I was thinking exactly the same...;-)
>
> John
>
>
> At 10:27 AM 10/26/2007, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> > No "laws" need be invoked. The process is an
> >endogenous one.
> >
> > I have just completed an analysis of Thaddeus'
> >last 37 (a prime number) posts and have graphed their
> >frequency against their cross product of their fractal
> >dimension and the inverse of their entropy. I have
> >discovered a series of increases in his posting frequency
> >which doubles with a value that increasingly approaches
> >that of every 4.6692 reiterations.
> >
> > That number is the Feigenbaum constant, of course,
> >and reveals their content to be a one-dimensional chaos
> >with a period-doubling attractor. Shortly, their fractal
> >dimension will fall to zero, their entropy will rise to infinity,
> >and their source, the hypothetical Thaddeus Entity, will
> >undergo quantum "evaporation."
> >
> >
> >Sterling K. Webb
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
> >To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:09 AM
> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Great picture that summarizes Peru'sscientific
> >minds.
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:01:04 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
> >
> > >WOW, it was a cartoon. I see it as perfect, showing
> > >Peru's scientists as being confused about the need to
> > >preserve their one and only meteorite fall from
> > >disentigrating. The Third Reich never really entered
> > >my mind.
> > >You have some serious issues, please deal with
> > >them.Michael Farmer
> >
> >I invoke Godwin's Law on Thaddeus.
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
> >
> >(Also Sturgeon's Law)
> >______________________________________________
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Thaddeus Besedin" <endophasy at yahoo.com>
> >To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 10:53 AM
> >Subject: [meteorite-list] self-rightous posturing, African Bias,and "The
> >Pearl"
> >
> >
> >Without citation, I'm self-righteous (or self
> >confirming), but a book by Steinbeck, called "The
> >Pearl," is appropriate for the problem of inequality
> >and prejudice that the meteorite trade can perpetuate
> >by affecting prices and wrinkling reputations.
> >You guys all think I'm on one by now; some people like
> >Mike or myself are vocal about things we may later
> >regret. My problem, it seems, is premature inclusion
> >of misleading non-information as premises for argument
> >(I'm a victim of continental philosophy), but
> >scientific facts, like carbon dates or climate models,
> >are NEVER distorted in my posts. My difficulty is with
> >legal citation, it seems. So, facts and some fallacy,
> >but not shams and lies... .
> >
> >WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE oF INFORMATION, though.
> >
> >
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