Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news.unit0.net!news.netfront.net!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: No Mars travel for Mankind Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:49:32 -0700 Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ Lines: 36 Message-ID: <579FE00C.B51@ix.netcom.com> References: <541d3b75-28c8-4ce1-9544-9061a29d75d7@googlegroups.com> <10680556.O9o76ZdvQC@PointedEars.de> <1897027.irdbgypaU6@PointedEars.de> <861651c1-7e3f-42f2-b958-e436aeb36ed0@googlegroups.com> <3011055.QJadu78ljV@PointedEars.de> <3238968.MHq7AAxBmi@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: adenine.netfront.net 1470095374 84967 108.219.229.47 (1 Aug 2016 23:49:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@netfront.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 23:49:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:591564 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > fr314159@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 2:08:45 PM UTC-4, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn > > wrote: > >> Third, if you *continue reading*, you will notice that, in accordance > >> with Wikipedia’s quality standards, the link “[citation needed]” is > >> *immediately following that sentence*. > > > > You should read again. The first three references given, [1][2][3], all > > attest to the "dark" side as the unknown side. > > The first one attests to a common misconception perpetuated by the title of > a Pink Floyd album based on a common English idiom based on Mark Twain > having the same misconception, that is used as a catchphrase in a daily > newspaper. > > The second one reiterates that the term is merely the result of a > misconception, and uses “dark” merely as a catchphrase in the title. > Further below, we find wishful thinking and the same /post hoc est propter > hoc/ fallacy as yours in the comment of a Mike Hopkins. > > The third one ranges among the lowest quality of journalism wherein the > author actually implies that NASA needed LRO to find out that the far side > was not always dark, the author projecting their own ignorance. You mean 'science journalist'...yes, they are the lowest quality among journalist in other fields. Science journalist just write what NASA tells them to write....word by word. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfront.net ---