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The Andromedans say
Originally posted by Reevster
Even if a saucer would dump on every house on this planet the people would still insist that wow we must have been imagining things. How can there be civilizations more intelligent than us. We are incredibly naive.
English isn't his native language... Whatever. Everyone makes up excuses these days to stay in their current beliefs without considering the other side... If they would've told mars was blue, and now it would be red, a lot of people will stick with the blue mars....
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by vasaga
Mars is red, but not all of Mars is red.
And those videos are misleading.
First, the rovers are "Opportunity" and "Spirit", not "Oppertunity" and "the Rover".
Second, the site aero.info/mer is not from NASA or JPL, is just a copy of the images from the NASA site, not some "big data base from the JPL and NASA guys", and if the person who made the videos does not know that I do not want to see the rest, there's too much ignorance on the first text page.
Sure, the ground might be reddish, there's some red areas here on earth as well, but you're not gonna tell me that the sky is red as well, which is actually pictured in a LOT of NASA's fotos.
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by vasaga
English is not my native language either, but that only makes me more careful when I present things to an audience where most people speak English.
Not being a native English speaker is not an excuse for not knowing that the other rover is called Spirit and not "the Rover".
And Mars is called the red planet because of what it looks like when seen from Earth, that name is an old name. Even closer, it still looks mostly red, although the images from specific areas do not look red.
The sky may not be red, but the dust may make it look red, exactly the same thing happens on Earth.
Originally posted by vasagaSure, the ground might be reddish, there's some red areas here on earth as well, but you're not gonna tell me that the sky is red as well, which is actually pictured in a LOT of NASA's fotos.
Yes, if someone wants me to spend 7 minutes and 54 seconds watching a video they must provide a good beginning, a beginning that shows that they know what they are talking about, and that was not the case. Judging by the beginning of the video, that person just found that site and made a video with some of the photos. I know that site, and as the images are the same as the ones from NASA, the only difference is the colour images, and I do not even agree with the method used.
And besides, you threw the vid away because he did not know the name of the second rover, or he described the source of the pictures in a different way than you know them.
My problem is not the name "data base" instead of "collection", my problem is with the whole sentence, "big data base from the JPL and NASA guys", that is not a database or a collection from the JPL and NASA guys, it's a database or collection of photos publicly available and the site has nothing to do with NASA or JPL.
Database instead of collection or whatever. BIG DEAL. The fact remains that those pictures ARE from NASA.
I did not said it was false, I said it was misleading, and my opinion is based on what he wrote. That and the title of the video, what was "exposed"? That knowledge is public for those that look for it, the fact that someone finds it does not turn the action of publishing that fact into an "exposure" of the knowledge.
So you're saying it's false with arguments that actually are not based on what he's trying to say, but you're searching for a workaround to say he's not credible.
I am not attacking anyone, read what I wrote, I considered the video was not worth my time to watch it because of the ignorance of the subject the video was supposed to focus on, just that.
You're attacking him personally, and not the matter.
What suits me is the truth, not a distortion of truth by ignorance, by preconceived notions or by agendas, and the case of the videos was the ignorance presented on the beginning of the videos that prevented me from seeing them.
That is not appreciated in science, bussiness, or anywhere else where rationality is wanted or required. But fine man, whatever suits you.
Originally posted by kidflash2008
When one thinks about it, Mars would be a good place to put a colony.