March 23, 2002

I was just testing the waters. :-)

Besides, I thought Lindy's post was well within the scope of scientific realism.

Contrary to what the moderators think, the 'Astrobiology' question is right up there with the 'hydrocarbon combustion' problem, the 'NEO' problem, the 'spiritual degeneration' problem, and quite a few others that escape me at the moment, as far as challenging and crucial scientific and technological issues confronting the continued survival of Humanity on the planet Earth go. It has to do with 'Space' and it has to do with 'Science'. Even if we can't apply the scientific method to the events, we sure as hell can apply it to the 'reports' of the events. This is what Vallee advocates, and indeed, that is what he has done, and we have all had the good fortune that he decided to publish his results.

I decided I still don't like posting over there, and besides, the 'javascript' problem still remains.

Thomas Lee Elifritz
lifeform@atlantic.net
http://www.atlantic.net/~elifritz