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Bad logic

Adam — 3/1/2005 3:14:21 PM (archived)

Hi All

Surely it's easier to prove Mars life than disprove it, therefore the initial hypothesis should be "no known life" but not not "utterly hostile to life". WHat is unproven is life's past and/or current presence, and Mars' active hostility to ALL life. Neither has enough evidence to be given a compelling probability - methane could be geological, formaldehyde might be solar noise in the spectrum etc etc.

Adam

The whole thread (24 posts)

Life on Mars redux - Adam - 2/24/2005 3:01:52 PM
- Explore Mars Now - BRFelix - 2/25/2005 4:11:49 PM
- re: Life on Mars should be the default - BRFelix - 2/24/2005 4:44:09 PM
  - Au contraire mon ami - phil - 2/25/2005 1:56:57 AM
    - re: Oh mais non! - BRFelix - 2/25/2005 2:11:13 PM
      - re: Oh mais non! - phil - 2/26/2005 2:29:27 PM
        
        re: Oh mais non! - BRFelix - 2/26/2005 3:58:27 PM
        
        re: Oh mais non! - phil - 2/26/2005 5:57:18 PM
        
        Why does Mars have to be another Earth? - Gary - 2/26/2005 8:37:48 PM
        
        Why the US taxpayer did not provide funds for a Mars rover project from 1976-1994? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/28/2005 4:23:01 PM
        
        Why? - Nick Hoffman - 3/1/2005 12:28:47 AM
        
        The road to hell ..... - Gary - 3/2/2005 5:52:15 PM
        
        Scattering seeds on barren soil... - Gary - 2/28/2005 4:59:32 PM
        
        We may be badly misreading the interest of the - BRFelix - 2/28/2005 10:21:20 PM
        
        Space Shuttle bluff - Adam - 2/28/2005 10:37:48 PM
        
        re: Why does Mars have to be another Earth? - Nick Hoffman - 2/27/2005 2:43:28 AM
        
        There is no evidence from Mars to preclude - BRFelix - 2/27/2005 10:31:00 PM
        
        Oh yes there is... - Nick Hoffman - 2/28/2005 5:23:17 AM
        
        Absence of evidence or weight of evidence? - BRFelix - 2/28/2005 10:41:04 PM
        
        Bad logic - Adam - 3/1/2005 3:14:21 PM
        
        re: It should be easier to prove presence of Mars life than disprove it - BRFelix - 3/1/2005 5:53:18 PM
        
        re: Why does Mars have to be another Earth? - p - 2/27/2005 12:39:40 AM
      - re: Oh mais non! - Doug Ellison - 2/25/2005 3:07:26 PM
        
        re: Nous ne savons pas, c'est vrai - BRFelix - 2/26/2005 8:11:46 PM

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