[meteorite-list] Pseudofossils, Meteorwrongs, and Newspapers

From: Dick Lipke <RICHARDLIPKE_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:47:32 +0000 (UTC)
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The (SciFi)?? SYFY?? channel will turn this into another dazzling special effects block buster
for all to enjoy for years to come. Don't worry if you miss the original airing because they will
rerun it for many years to come while leaving all the other networks scratching their heads and wondering
 " Why didn't we think of that first?". They have so many gifted writers it amazes me.
Lets not forget the outstanding actors and actresses that make it all possible.
 
Richard Lipke


----- Original Message -----
> Meteorwrongs are not the only scientifically dubious
> material that seems to get regularly published in the
> local newspaper without any scientific vetting. Not
> only are newspaper regularly publish stories about
> meteorwrongs without any critical analysis, they also
> publish stories about various pseudofossils that
> people have found. An example is:
>
> Man claims he found fossilized Bigfoot skull
> (Todd May of Utah says he believes his rock is
> a Bigfoot skull because he has seen live specimens.)
> Portland Press Herald, June 29, 2103
> http://www.pressherald.com/life/man-claims-he-found-fossilized-bigfoot-skull-_2013-06-29.html
> Image at
> http://media.pressherald.com/images/portland-press-herald_3768607.jpg
>
> Man believes he found fossilized Bigfoot head
> by Mark Saal, Standard-Examiner, June 28, 2013
> http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Man-believes-he-found-fossilized-Bigfoot-head-4637134.php
>
> Similarly, it must have been an extremely slow day for
> news for this paper to have published the below story.
> It seems like the editor should have killed this story
> politely, but immediately.
>
> Mystery Rocks of Half Moon Bay: Resident Believes
> They are Dinosaur Artifacts. (Steve Culbreth shows
> off his rock collection in a photo slideshow.)
> by Angela Swartz, Half Moon Bay Patch, April 4, 2013
> http://halfmoonbay.patch.com/articles/check-out-these-unique-rocks-found-in-town#photo-13816954
>
> The Secret Life of Rocks by Steve Culbreth, Nov. 13, 2009
> http://www.slideshare.net/steveculbreth/the-secret-life-of-rocks-2497489
>
> Some articles related to such pseudofossils are:
>
> "Pareidolia." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
>
> Pareidolia: Seeing Faces in Unusual Places
> by Kim Ann Zimmermann, LiveScience Contributor
> http://www.livescience.com/25448-pareidolia.html
>
> Mimetoliths by R.V. Dietrich
> http://stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu/mimetoliths/
> http://condor.cmich.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p1610-01coll1/id/3445
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
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