Comments on: Shocker: alien video is useless http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: All These Weird Creatures » The Schmoblog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-111726 All These Weird Creatures » The Schmoblog Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:33:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-111726 [...] body recovered? Smells like another “omg real alien video proof” situation to be honest. And why are we waiting until Friday for a press conference on this? [...] [...] body recovered? Smells like another “omg real alien video proof” situation to be honest. And why are we waiting until Friday for a press conference on this? [...]

]]> By: Myself http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-93288 Myself Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:20:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-93288 Ain't that a pokemon? Ain’t that a pokemon?

]]> By: Buckaroo Banzai http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-93287 Buckaroo Banzai Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:23:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-93287 Dumbosity isn't a word you illiterate ignoramus. If you are going to post an article like this shouldn't you at least proof read or spell check it first? YES, you should. I find it very hard to take anything with made-up words seriously. Does anyone else agree with me here? Dumbosity isn’t a word you illiterate ignoramus. If you are going to post an article like this shouldn’t you at least proof read or spell check it first? YES, you should. I find it very hard to take anything with made-up words seriously. Does anyone else agree with me here?

]]> By: Axlotl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-93286 Axlotl Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:31:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-93286 This is amusing and directly related to the topic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20080529.gif This is amusing and directly related to the topic:

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]]> By: patschican http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-93285 patschican Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:49:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-93285 I'm with Tom and Joshua -- convergent evolution is insufficient explanation. Honestly, if science discovered alien life that had an earth-like facial structure, I would abandon evolution and camp out with the IDers. This is getting tangential, but I would love to discuss it some more. Tom, where were you discussing this earlier, and is the discussion still going on? I’m with Tom and Joshua — convergent evolution is insufficient explanation. Honestly, if science discovered alien life that had an earth-like facial structure, I would abandon evolution and camp out with the IDers.

This is getting tangential, but I would love to discuss it some more. Tom, where were you discussing this earlier, and is the discussion still going on?

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-93284 Joshua Zelinsky Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:52:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-93284 Convergent evolution isn't sufficient explanation. Even if you had a nearly identical niche, there's no good reason that other arrangements couldn't handle things just as well. For example, why always have the eyes above the mouth? You could flip the order without too much trouble. And why always two eyes? While two eyes is the minimum to get decent distance vision more could have definite evolutionarily benefits even in niches very close to that of humans. For that matter, there isn't much in our niche that requires us to have eyes on our heads at all. You could have something in the human niche with eye stalks or eyes on the ends of tentacles and that would work pretty well also. Convergent evolution isn’t sufficient explanation. Even if you had a nearly identical niche, there’s no good reason that other arrangements couldn’t handle things just as well. For example, why always have the eyes above the mouth? You could flip the order without too much trouble. And why always two eyes? While two eyes is the minimum to get decent distance vision more could have definite evolutionarily benefits even in niches very close to that of humans. For that matter, there isn’t much in our niche that requires us to have eyes on our heads at all. You could have something in the human niche with eye stalks or eyes on the ends of tentacles and that would work pretty well also.

]]> By: F.I.D.O.89 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/comment-page-3/#comment-93283 F.I.D.O.89 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:50:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/30/shocker-alien-video-is-useless/#comment-93283 I know it's true-Coast to Coast said so ! I know it’s true-Coast to Coast said so !

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