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I'd make the lab provide credentials too. I think your standards of " convincing evidence" are higher than Pye's.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
reply to post by SquirrelNutz
He's just been waiting for the right opportunity this whole time - it seems his wait is over.
A wager? In his email to you he suggests the results are ready in 2 to 3 weeks. If these new lab results offer convincing evidence that the skull isn't wholly human in origin...I'll change my avatar or carry a signature of your choosing for a month. Naturally, you'll do likewise if you accept
After all these years has his fairytale come to an end? The glass slipper has found its foot....Pye has finally found a guy to agree with him.
So how about it? A wager?
I like SquirrelNutz's avatar so if you guys bet maybe bet your signatures instead? I'd miss that squirrel if it disappeared, that's one of the nicer animations, as it's not annoying
I'd make the lab provide credentials too. I think your standards of " convincing evidence" are higher than Pye's.
"Scott,
Yeah, we've heard about Progeria till we're blue in the face. Progeria victims still have all the HUMAN parts of their skulls, but they are somewhat rearranged. The Starchild has NO human parts in the sense that everything is so different. Plus, the Starchild is missing its sinuses and its inion (the bump at the lower rear of everyone's head), its foramen magnum is shifted forward significantly, its brain is significantly expanded, its inner ears are double the size of normal, and its bone is uniformly thinner than normal. Parts of the skull of a Progeria victim's skull can be thinned a bit, but not nearly uniformly, as is the case with the Starchild. It really is comparing apples and oranges. You can post this too....
Also, Amy has suggested we put a page on the Starchild website where all the skeptics can sign up with their real names and let their opinions be out there for the whole world to see, as I am forced to do because of my position. If they're so certain I'm a huckster charlatan and the Starchild is "merely" a deformed human, why don't we post a list somewhere so they can sign up and announce to the world their certainty about the Starchild. How many of them do you think would sign up to a list like that? If you get a good response, we'd be happy to do it. I have a feeling, though, that their anonymity on the boards gives them a great deal of courage and certainty they wouldn't have is they were stripped of that cloak. Another item to post......
Thanks!!!
For many species, humans included, there are already nucleotide sequences covering entire genomes. Therefore, sequences from the Starchild's DNA can be directly compared against this vast database to look for any matches. In one such comparison below, you see the text below the blue line at the bottom (if you can read it, sorry it's so fuzzy) that 265 base pairs (a good length) of recovered Starchild nuclear DNA matches perfectly with a gene on human chromosome 1. This verifies beyond any degree of doubt that some of the nuclear DNA seen in the gel sheet is from a human being.
Originally posted by wayaboveitall
Any avatar and signature you choose, I will use from now on, evermore, if the skull is proven to be alien by an unbiased independant and mainstream science source. Deal?
Originally posted by expat2368
OK now let me get this clear... The guy "Lordpye" whoever that is, arranges for a genetic testing laboratory to do not one but a whole series of tests on the starchild skull.
The results of those tests which obviously took a long time and according to the article were repeated multiple times confirms that a large portion of the DNA of the starchild skull is NOT human.
Then half a dozen or so knuckledragging yahoos who would not know the inside of a genetic laboratory from their stinking behind proclaim its fake, debunked long ago (regardless of NEW findings), it has an x chromosome so it must be human (I won't even try to make anyone understand that one), move along, nothing to see here...
The stupidity of some of the comments I see just makes me ill. Lurking IS an option you know, that way you don't let your fingers on the keyboard make a fool of you.
Originally posted by JayinAR
If this man's results were valid, he could get funding from countless investors.
He wouldn't need your money.
This is bogus.
Originally posted by InfaRedMan
It just looks like you have a case of sour grapes!
Oh how I wish that it could all really be like it was in the movie 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.....which I first saw when I was in the first grade with my parents in an Alaskan movie theater for its second "Special Edition" theatrical release.
I remember how much that movie really BLEW my young mind away, and because it had such overwhelmingly scary yet magical effect it had on me as a child.....it remains my all time favorite movie which I hang onto like I hang onto my own inner childhood wonder.
Even the entire musical score by John Williams (all of which I have memorized entirely, note for note) has almost a religious vibe for me.
"an unbiased independant and mainstream science source"?????
When are we supposed to be getting one of those?
Originally posted by SquirrelNutz
have heard back, once again, from the man, himself (a few hours ago):
"Scott,
Also, Amy has suggested we put a page on the Starchild website where all the skeptics can sign up with their real names and let their opinions be out there for the whole world to see, as I am forced to do because of my position.
Scott,
I have a confession to make. Promise not to tell anyone... but... just between you and me, I throw out any evidence that suggests the 'starchild' has a human father because of my predisposition to the belief that it is an alien hybrid. I will only accept data as being valid when it is either ambiguous and I can spin a bit, or it shows irrefutably that the starchild has ET genes... even though my geneticists & I have no f****** idea what an ET chromosome looks like. You know what Scott, if it wasn't for my starchild, I'd be a nobody and I'd probably be sweeping floors at McDonalds so please don't tell anyone of my personal disclosure. We've all gotta earn a living right... and there are people in the world doing worse things than me for a buck so people should give me a break. Please Scott... mum's the word OK!
Yours in Confidence,
The Pye'ster
Originally posted by VneZonyDostupa
reply to post by SquirrelNutz
I would post, with my real name, in a heartbeat if it meant exposing this fraud. I'm r-mailing him shortly to express just this opinion, along with a few other questions. If I should get a response, I'll post it here.
Strictly speaking, all claims require exactly the same amount of evidence, it’s just that most "ordinary" claims are already backed by extraordinary evidence that you don’t think about. When we say “extraordinary claims”, what we actually mean are claims that do not already have evidence supporting them, or sometimes claims that have extraordinary evidence against them. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence because they usually contradict claims that are backed by extraordinary evidence.
Most people are probably unaware of the amount of extraordinary evidence required for most scientific claims. Not only must the experiments be written up in such a way that others can challenge the assumptions and be able to spot errors, but they must also be independently replicated.
Strictly speaking, alien visitation does not contradict other claims that are known to be true. It is theoretically possible that aliens exist and may hold advanced technology that enables them to travel across the galaxy. But the claim is extraordinary in that there is zero evidence alien visitation has actually occurred, despite at least sixty years of looking.