Do you believe in Mythical Creatures such as:

[heatherrae]

Exosolar life =/= little green men in saucers giving anal probes, or the pejorative 'aliens'.

Life = microscopic bacteria.

Serious scientists =/= eyewhitness of flying saucer abducting cattle.

SETI = shit funding and only surviving due to public interest.

Exosolar radio wave detection extends far beyond looking for life.

You sort of fly in the face of scientific inquiry. YOu only think "real scientists" study things that we already know to be true. This attitude stifles progress. I say let scientists study every theory that they wantwithout all that political peer pressure and jeering.

Then, if they find something they believe is of merit, let the peer review begin.

 

[samoth]

You sort of fly in the face of scientific inquiry. YOu only think "real scientists" study things that we already know to be true. This attitude stifles progress. I say let scientists study every theory that they wantwithout all that political peer pressure and jeering.

Then, if they find something they believe is of merit, let the peer review begin.

Science has nothing to do with bigfoot or nessie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

 

[heatherrae]

Science has nothing to do with bigfoot or nessie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

Sure it does.

You can gather empirical evidence to prove or disprove the hypothesis that a large creature exists in the lake. If it turns out to be a big fish or a prank or a bunch of tires floating downstream, you still gathered the evidence in support or not of the theory regardless of whether the theory proves to be correct or incorrect. Many times you may learn more disproving a theory than you would have proving it -- happy scientific accidents.

 

[JumpBallWinner]

One of the men who led those expeditions at Loch Ness, and has also led expeditions into the Congo of Africa looking for the creatures that are said to inhabit the swamps and lake Tele is Roy P. Mackal, who has a Ph.D., a D.Sc. , and is a former professor of biochemistry at the University of Chicago.

Now, maybe it's just me, but those don't sound like the credentials of a man who doesn't have any understanding of science and is a few nuts loose.

 

[Mr. dB]

One of the men who led those expeditions at Loch Ness, and has also led expeditions into the Congo of Africa looking for the creatures that are said to inhabit the swamps and lake Tele is Roy P. Mackal, who has a Ph.D., a D.Sc. , and is a former professor of biochemistry at the University of Chicago.

Now, maybe it's just me, but those don't sound like the credentials of a man who doesn't have any understanding of science and is a few nuts loose.

And what did he find?

 

[JumpBallWinner]

And what did he find?

Some interesting sonar reports and underwater photographs came from his expeditions at LochNess.

The second set of pictures, the underwater ones, on this page.

http://theshadowlands.net/lochness.htm

The photos were takin by underwater cameras set to flash and take a picture on set timed intervals. They have been reviwed and studied by experts in photography and determined to be real.

Some things were spotted in the Congo expedition, but the superstition of the natives who were their guides, the unbearable conditions of those swamps, and the political situation over there made the attempts over there damn near impossible.

 

[army_stud]

I woke up with some mythical creatures after a long night at the bar

I second that, bigfoot can toss a mean salad.

 

[heatherrae]

I second that, bigfoot can toss a mean salad.

Be careful of the croutons.

 

[Cal_21]

Be careful of the croutons.

 

[heatherrae]

you don't like the crunchy bits?