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The NASA study of arsenic-based life was fatally flawed, say scientists. - By Carl Zimm... - 0 views

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Scientific Bias Alien Life Peer Review

shared by J. B. on 08 Dec 10 - Cached
  • It turns out the NASA scientists were feeding the bacteria salts which they freely admit were contaminated with a tiny amount of phosphate.
  • I am strongly convinced that we are
  • Any discourse will have to be peer-reviewed in the same manner as our paper was, and go through a vetting process so that all discussion is properly moderated
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  • The items you are presenting do not represent the proper way to engage in a scientific discourse and we will not respond in this manner.
  • If they say they will not address the responses except in journals, that is absurd," he said. "They carried out science by press release and press conference. Whether they were right or not in their claims, they are now hypocritical if they say that the only response should be in the scientific literature.
  • I suspect that NASA may be so desperate for a positive story that they didn't look for any serious advice from DNA or even microbiology people
  • The experience reminded some of another press conference NASA held in 1996. Scientists unveiled a meteorite from Mars in which they said there were microscopic fossils. A number of critics condemned the report (also published in Science) for making claims it couldn't back up. And today many scientists think that all of the alleged signs of life in the rocks could have just as easily been made on a lifeless planet.
  • J. B. on 08 Dec 10
     
    Apparently, having your papers published in peer reviewed journals isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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