[meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of Angrites" for sale -...

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:31:23 -0700
Message-ID: <BLU125-W4C2D589C32487317D8096C9A30_at_phx.gbl>

 
    Hello Greg,
 
  I've always loved science, but I do think that some in the scientific community tend to stretch things a bit thin sometimes. All kinds of theories about all kinds of things are thrown around with little to support them. This reminds me of a quote by Mark Twain. The quote follows:
 
  "There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact."
 
  Something to think about....
 
 
  Greg Lindh
 
 
 

> From: gmhupe at htn.net
> To: DRose at emersonhosp.org
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:51:24 -0400
> CC: jgrossman at usgs.gov; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of Angrites" for sale -...
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Isn't 'science' just that, "Science"... Ever evolving as ground truth
> comes in? Without open minds and hard work by many dedicated
> individuals, 'science' would not get very far, especially in the world
> of meteortitics! Much of the initial work and/or thoughts are educated
> suggestions which are meant to excite others in rational and sometimes
> heated discussions, no matter what scientific focus is being
> discussed. I won't even bring up the evolution talks of the past...
>
> Best Regards,
> Greg Hupe
>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 8:00 AM, "Rose, David MD" <DRose at emersonhosp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Jeff completely. Same thing happens in Medicine. And
>> even when the data is peer reviewed, that doesn't mean that it is
>> rock solid truth. It's a process of continual evaluation and
>> refinement.
>>
>> David
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-
>> list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Grossman
>> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:40 AM
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of
>> Angrites" for sale -...
>>
>> Yikes! Abstracts to meetings are not peer reviewed!
>>
>> jeff
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/2010 10:05 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
>>> Hi Jason and List,
>>>
>>> I do not refute Melinda Hutson's article that was never peer
>>> reviewed and
>>> contains several errors according to the classifying scientists. I
>>> asked
>>> scientists about the article and they stated, it is obvious that
>>> she didn't read
>>> the original peer reviewed abstract carefully, even mistaking the
>>> type of
>>> petrology that was discussed using formulas that simply do not
>>> apply to the
>>> texture NWA 2999 exhibits.
>>>
>>> There were several prestigious coauthors listed in the original
>>> paper; Unique
>>> Angrite NWA 2999: The Case For Samples From Mercury.
>>>
>>> Who am I to argue with the world's best? I will keep an open mind
>>> and hope for
>>> some ground truth that will hopefully settle it once and for all.
>>> I think the
>>> authors were making a point of having an open mind and that the
>>> subject should
>>> be debated possibly stimulated more scientific interest in
>>> Angrites. It took a
>>> long time to win over the scientific community that some of these
>>> meteorites
>>> were actually from Mars. It was debated to death and now nobody
>>> argues about
>>> the Shergottite parent body any more.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Adam
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