[meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted

From: Bob King <nightsky55_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:14:51 -0500
Message-ID: <99c1e91a0908291714x583b4151i9bfacf525b3614fd_at_mail.gmail.com>

Phil,
Back in the olden days (pre-18th century), meteorites from the sun was
not a leading theory. They were generally understood as being formed
by things like fire, earthly vapors and lightning. This is yet another
example of how ignorance was gradually transformed into understanding
by quizzical folks like Chladni and Howard. They tackled the question
of meteorite composition with open minds and chemical analysis. Also,
while meteorites contain many elements found in the sun, they lack
hydrogen gas, which comprises 94 percent of the sun's material. By no
means were people "dumber" in the past. Their attempts to solve the
problems of their time got us to where we are today. Let's hope the
humans of the year 3000 will look back on our efforts with some
measure of appreciation as well.
Bob

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Phil Whitmer<prairiecactus at rtcol.com> wrote:
> Bob:
>
> What do you mean when you say there was no evidence for the composition of
> the stars? ?It was right there in the form of meteorites, but people then
> were a lot dumber than today. All those dummies had to do was analyse a
> meteorite and they would know what the sun was made of. ?This isn't that far
> fetched, because back in the olden days a leading theory of meteorites was
> that they were thrown off the sun. So that one's pretty obvious.
>
>
>
> And as far as Urey's Earth like planet is concerned, well guess what? It's
> right next door and it's as dead as a doornail. ?Unless I ?missed the
> headlines?: ?News Flash: Life Found on Mars! ?The absence of life on Mars is
> a huge blow to the quasi religious belief in aliens.
>
> Oh, and I'm being self serving by pointing out the stupidity of mankind?
> Compare the War Department budget with NASA's. ?I rest my case. ?I'm just
> saying that people shouldn't go around saying they know what they don't
> know. ?Again, I'm not the one positing the existence of phantasmagorical
> outer space aliens. ?I know what I don't know, ?(Did Rumsfeld say that?) ?In
> other words, I know I'm dumb, and that almost makes me smart.
>
>
> Phil Whitmer
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Received on Sat 29 Aug 2009 08:14:51 PM PDT