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Originally posted by NavalFC
Originally posted by Balez
I can only agree with bfft!
There is no evidence for anything, there is no "debunking".
You can not debunk anything that has no facts, but are only conjecture from the begining.
There could have been intelligent life on mars, or mars have never harbored anything more than microorganisms.
This is what we know about Mars today, it is in all posibility a very dead planet.
With all the pictures that we see, we really do not know what is on them.
Eyes are easily fooled.
Or it could be that what our eyes see, is exactly that.
Now stop claiming that mars pictures have been "debunked", when it is impossible to do so.
I wonder... Too much baileys?
well you and him need to actually do some research, as their is plenty of evidence as I just cited in my response to bfft Just because the evidence points to a conclusion that YOU dont like doesnt mean its just conjecture. That is a logical fallacy and oneoften used b creationits in the ID debate "the evidence doesnt agree with me so Ill just dismiss it!"
NASA lying: from what I have seen, the "marketing" side of NASA is not to be trusted (as any other marketing section on any organisation), they change photos to make them more appealing to the public, but on the scientific side I have never seen anything that I could consider as fake or altered in any way. Also, if I can changes photos without leaving any trace of what I did or of what was on the original photo I am sure NASA can do it also, specially if they have been doing it for the last 40 years. And I also think that it is very unlikely that they would let something pass, this type of work would not be the work of just one person, it is a type of work for which there should be at least two supervisors, so all must let something pass for it to reach us, if they do it at all.
Thanks, I will do that, and maybe I can add it to my collection of software named ISIS, I know that programmers are not very good at making names for their programs, but this case is ridiculous, I know at least three different software packages with this name.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
ArMap:
You should look into what ISIS is (from LANL), and what it does. You don't have to lie about things that never hit your servers, you know.
Originally posted by ArMaP
Thanks, I will do that, and maybe I can add it to my collection of software named ISIS, I know that programmers are not very good at making names for their programs, but this case is ridiculous, I know at least three different software packages with this name.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
ArMap:
You should look into what ISIS is (from LANL), and what it does. You don't have to lie about things that never hit your servers, you know.
Originally posted by NavalFC
Do you even know what conjecture means? Something tells me you dont:
Pronunciation
noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
–noun 1. the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
2. an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation.
3. Obsolete. the interpretation of signs or omens.
Nothing of what I said is conjecture.
First lets start with evolution, yes evolution is a proven fact.
I know what your going to say "but its only a theory"
Well, what you and many others seem to forget is that te word theory in Science means something much different then the word theory in normal speak between people. The only way it could be consiered any stronger in scientific terms is if it were the law of evolution, a term reserved fr things that are able to be expressed through mathematics. The gross majoririty of the scientific world considers evolution a PROVEN FACT no matte how much people like otherwise, an HAS manage to trace back the lineage of evolution completely from the origin of life to sea creatures to land creatures to us. And contrary to what creatonists try to push, the fossil record is chalk full of transitional fossils illustrating a clear line of descent, and indeed the genetic record is as well, as by examining chromosonal fusion, retro viral integration and other things from the genetic record science has established a common decent. So trying to say that "evolution i just a theory" or "hasnt been proven" is bull#. and dare I say, CONJECTURE..especially when evolution is still occuring to this day
Now onto Mars, yes a planet losing its magentic field would cause the effects described. Trying to say the solar wind is just negative ions is foolish, as the solar wind does have an effect on un protected things. Its called the solar wind for a reason and our magneitc field is what protects us from Solar wind, and from the Suns radiation. Infact in areas on Earth where the magentic field is weakest you can see a phenomenon called aurora, whre the sky is filled with lots of colors as cosmic rays from the sun strike the Earths atmosphere..
And we know ths happened on mars, why? its called evidence. using measurments from ancient martian meteotrites that have landed on Earth we have established that at one time Mars had a strong magneic field, and this coincides to the period of time when Mars would have been an Earth-like planet.
Furthermore, the asertion that the same thing that happens on Mars would leave the Earthbare in 10,000 years.. That is pure nonsense as man man made structures have survived thousands upon thousands of years, such a structures and objects from ancient egypt, ancient messopotamia and sumeria and ancient grease.
Especially if the Earth had no atmosphere after the solar wind took it and our oceans were gone. Without oxygen oxyidation and rusting of metal can not occur and thus metals such as steel and others wont be broken down.
Biological material such as human remains and such would likely have been long gone, but however evidence of our civilization would remain well beyond that, and indeed if someone did come here, he evidence of us would be CLEAR. You wouldnt need to find little pictures in pattern and such BS as people do with mars. The science is very clear
Maybe we are not talking about the same thing.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
It is illegal to possess this one. I am not even sure that it can be had without access to secure servers....but i have heard quite a bit about it.
The problem is what you have just said above applies to all human knowledge.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
What evolution amounts to, from my perspective, is the attempt of man to label and understand that which is far more complex than he can imagine. Our points of reference derive from a relatively brief and unusually calm period in which our higher form of society currently has developed within.
From what I have seen on the photos, the abrasion does not look too strong, probably because of the thinner atmosphere and the smaller gravity, I don't know, but the rocks look sharper than most rocks we have on Earth, but I am not a geologist, maybe if you ask a geologist that you know he can explain if I am right or wrong about this.
I would also suspect that if we had the windstorms seen on Mars (which, to me, indicate some level of electric capability as well as atmosphere), that after 10k years we would see significant deterioration of landmarks. To the point that they could easily be unrecognizable. Sand abrasion.
Considering that people can be sceptic about any subject, which subject are you talking about?
Originally posted by BIONICLE ALEX
Skeptics already look stupid man, what better testimony than (P.Harry S. Truman, P.Gerald Ford, P.Reagan, P.Jimmy Carter, General Douglas MacArthur, Major Gordon Cooper, Stephen Hawkins, Astronaut Donal Slayton, Astronaut L.Gordon Cooper, John Lear, Robert Dean, Lt. Philips j. Corso) the list of all this high rank people goes on and on. still I didn't mention Police Off, Governors, School Teachers, Fisher men's, Doctors, and regular people like you and me. now do you think they look stupid now?
Did you read the documents "disclosed" by those countries? And the fact that you fail to see interest in space exploration in itself, that does not mean that the interest does not exist, even (or mostly) economic interest.
Did I mention The U.K-UFO disclosure? France, Peru, Spain, Russia, Skeptics should ask themselves this, what is so important up in space that India, China, Russia even Hugo Chavez is exploring out in space.
Which phony photos? What Moon hoax?
cause them phony digital photos from Mars? or the hoax on the Moon?
The next mission to Mars was "rescheduled" to 2011 instead of 2009, and there are no certainties about it, it may even be cancelled.
why even with all this budget problems whe have in U.S today and still whe have money to spend on more missions out in space? (SPECIALY MARS) yea skeptics have all the answers.
Some do, while some have the idea that there must be some creature(s) that is much more advanced than us, and these have as much proof of that as the other have that humans are the "top of everything".
(THE WETHER BALLON, CGI or Bug in the cam lens's ) whe humans think that whe are on top of everything
And some think that we are not alone in the Universe, and they think that we evolved from something that looked like a monkey (the supposed origin is not a monkey, as some people think) and they believe in the possibility of the existence of Big Foot and other undiscovered creatures, but that has nothing to do with photos from Mars.
that there is no grater technology then ours and some think that we are alone in the Universe thats all "BULL" some think that whe evolutionized from the monkey but they don't believe in Big Foot
I think you should stop a little and think before you post, the idea is to post about the subject being discussed, so, even if what you said may be related to the subject (Mars photos) you should try to write it in a way that makes it easy for other people to understand what you want to say, if you fail to do that your posts may be ignored after the first sentences.
so yea there a ho bunch of people that still think that our government looks out for our benefits and the future love ones as well.
Well let me tell you this? why a war that we didn't need that cost the lives of thousand of our American troops and not to mention innocent people from Iraq and U.S... Hail P.Bush... Hail NASA YEA WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Originally posted by NavalFC
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
First off, no, evolution is not a huge leap of faith, it is readily observable and explainable.
Just a couple of examples:
1. A disease is exposed to anti biotics, killing most of the bacteria, leaving those behind who had the genetic variation needed to resist them. they reproduce, giving birth to a drug resistant strain. evolution has occured.
2. a forest environment where creatures live who eat the berries on the trees by reaching/climbing high as they can and reaching for the berries.
in that species thoe with the longer necks will be more ikely to reproduce then those with shorter, as they can not get to the food as easily..after a long period of time you evnetually get a long enough neck, due to genetic variation witheach generation while a longer neck is selected for, a creature with a long enough neck to where no climing is necessary
3> and this is a actual one. bacteria that is able to eat Nylon. As Nylon is man made the bacteria had to evolve to be able to digest it. The environment it was in changed, and with it the selective pressure
amd as far as magnetism no, its the same princpal that they have used to trace Earths magnetic field history: by measuring the magentite in ancient pottery.
www.youtube.com...
good video on one theory regarding mars magenticfield.
as for your architecture explanations, concrete is only one of our materials we use in modern day. Seel, wood, fiber glass, titatium, etc etc.
These will not be given to time that easy.
and as for mars, humans havent been there but numerous unmanned space craft have, so theirfore the assessment regarding photos remains the same: If the same thing happened to Earth, the fact that a intelligent people was here would be obvious.
Originally posted by NavalFC
And your so called images are easily explained by hoaxes and pareidollia.
Enjoy a NASA article about the face on Mars, and information on the Mars face from the MSSS team.
They point out that 40.868 equals arctan (e / pi); alternatively, one of the advocates notes that the ratio of the surface area of a tetrahedron to its circumscribing sphere is 2.72069 (e = 2.71828), which, if substituted for e in the above arctan equation gives 40.893 degrees, which is both within the physical perimeter of the "Pyramid" and within the above stated precision. Other mathematical relationships abound. The advocates of this view argue that "no scientific study of these features has been conducted under NASA auspices" and that NASA and the conservative science community are conspiring to keep the "real" story from the American public.
Originally posted by NavalFC
Do you even know what pareidollia is?
Even in official NASA photos pareidollia can happen.
Pareidollia is nothing more then a person looking at something and seeing a familiar pattern in it. Seeing the familiar in the unfamiliar
Indeed, you specify that all non hoaxes are illusions. And you expect people to take you seriously.
Notice also I did not specify that all the images were hoaxes.
So again, I stand by my conclusions. In the issue of the so called martian cover up, ths is comes as a result of hoaes and pareidollia.
Again, I find it funny, isntead of trying to come back with any real "evidence" you try attacking me. Classic strategy I have seen employed here all the time. If you cant attack the argument, attack the arguments originator. Very classic of you.