Evidence for ancient Martian Pyramids

Whats this, a bunch of kooks talking to themselves.

Peter Webb wrote:

"Steven" wrote in message
...

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
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Evidence of ancient Martian life and civilization, now completely

::snip tripe::

OK...... so...... we know that throughout time there have always been

people

you have fallen for bad ideas.
Gods, magic, esp, telekinesis, ufos, big foot, channeling, astrology,

tarot,

perpetual motion machines, yogic flying, pyramid power, ancient aliens, a
6000 year old earth, atlantis, politicians, faith healers, meditation,
runes, numerology, alien abduction, bible codes, ghost orbs, crop circles,
magnetized water, programmed crystals, numerology, the easter bunny, dream
catchers, feng shui, homeopathy, psychic surgery, cloud ships, astral
projection, holy water, kabbalah, and finally, stepping on cracks in
sidewalks which as we all know, will most likely break your mother's back.

Now, here's my question:

To what evolutionary advantage does gullibility serve?
How does gullibility serve to advance the human race?

Our DNA apparently allows for this to occur in human brain function.
Much like unused organs in the human body, gullibility is still with us.

Of course animals do not show this trait, as far as we can tell.
Or has it been shown that gorillas have intentionally fooled other

gorillas?

There must be a reason. I imagine this question has been asked before by
someone somewhere at sometime.

And a philosophical answer just won't cut it.

oh well. Kook-on you nut-bag.

-S




It provides no direct evolutionary advantage. It is a side effect - unwanted
noise - in the human ability to find patterns. By operating our inbuilt
pattern detector at its maximum sensitivity, we are less likely to miss
important patterns - like wildlife gathers around waterholes at night - but
more likely to get false positives - like the stuff you list above. The
gullible person is well fed (because he knows to hunt at waterholes at
night) but believes a whole lot of other incorrect stuff; the cynic doesn't
waste his time visiting the waterhole at night or sowing seeds only by the
light of a full moon, and so is more likely to starve.

OTOH, I don't know of any environmental advantage to total stupidity, which
is what Mad Scientist actually suffers from.

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
ers.com...

Wally Anglesea wrote:
"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
ogers.com...
SNIP

My what a 'scientific' response, not!

Neither you nor the sites you cite present science, so why should anyone
waste time on crackpots?

Once the big lie is exposed, the rest is just nitpicking.

HTH.

Scientific analyses coming from the likes of you? Ha, I could learn more
from my dog farting.

I have to agree, you likely could learn more from your dog farting than from
the web sites you recommended. Less than credible sources, all.

Paul you are such a ****in loser.

Paul Lawler wrote:

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
ers.com...

Wally Anglesea wrote:

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
SNIP

My what a 'scientific' response, not!

Neither you nor the sites you cite present science, so why should anyone
waste time on crackpots?

Once the big lie is exposed, the rest is just nitpicking.

HTH.

Scientific analyses coming from the likes of you? Ha, I could learn more
from my dog farting.


I have to agree, you likely could learn more from your dog farting than from
the web sites you recommended. Less than credible sources, all.

Top posting fixed!

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
.cable.rogers.com...
Paul Lawler wrote:

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
ers.com...

Wally Anglesea wrote:

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
SNIP

My what a 'scientific' response, not!

Neither you nor the sites you cite present science, so why should
anyone
waste time on crackpots?

Once the big lie is exposed, the rest is just nitpicking.

HTH.

Scientific analyses coming from the likes of you? Ha, I could learn more
from my dog farting.

I have to agree, you likely could learn more from your dog farting than
from
the web sites you recommended. Less than credible sources, all.

Paul you are such a ****in loser.

As usual, calling me names does not lend a scintilla of credibility to your
sources. If you would care to provide some reliable credible evidence we can
have a discussion... otherwise you can just keep throwing around distasteful
epithets in your pathetic efforts to get others to swear back at you.

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
ogers.com...

DB wrote:
Ok I'm game. If we are so gullible then so are you. After all, you
listen
to and follow your EXPERTS like a little puppy after a bitche's nipple.

You are a FOLLOWER just like the rest of us...another IMPERFECT Homo
Sapiens
Sapiens...get used to it.


We all follow someone. I am the first the admit that I am probably the
biggest dumbass around...

Agreed.

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
gers.com...

"However, during the seventeen years since the controversial landforms
were discovered, NASA has maintained steadfastly that there is "no
credible evidence" that any of the landforms may be artificial. A close
look at NASA's arguments reveals that NASA's "evaluation" has consisted
largely of initial impressions from unenhanced photoghraphs, heavily
weighted by faulty reasoning. NASA has failed to apply any special
methods of analysis; it has relied upon flawed reports; it has failed to
attempt verification of the enhancements and measurements made by
others; and it has focused exclusively on inappropriate methodology
which ignores the importance of context. There remains no scientific
basis for NASA's positiion regarding the landforms."

Contrariwise, there remains no scientific basis for Richard Hoagland's
positions regarding the landforms.

Oh and BTW... it's a logical fallacy to make an assumption that the
landforms are controversial. They are not controversial in the slightest...
in fact any examination of the evidence reveals them to be quite natural.

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
news

Peter Webb wrote:

You can believe either:

a) Mars has some triangular shaped hills on it,

Er, that would be *perfectly* triangled shaped hills. Dumbass.

I beg your pardon... would you care to provide evidence of *perfectly*
triangled (sic) shaped hills? Or do you just want to swear some more?

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 04:28:39 GMT, Mad Scientist
wrote:

Whats this, a bunch of kooks talking to themselves.


No, two people making sense. Something you are incapable of, kook.



Peter Webb wrote:

"Steven" wrote in message
...

"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
s.net.cable.rogers.com...

Evidence of ancient Martian life and civilization, now completely

::snip tripe::

OK...... so...... we know that throughout time there have always been

people

you have fallen for bad ideas.
Gods, magic, esp, telekinesis, ufos, big foot, channeling, astrology,

tarot,

perpetual motion machines, yogic flying, pyramid power, ancient aliens, a
6000 year old earth, atlantis, politicians, faith healers, meditation,
runes, numerology, alien abduction, bible codes, ghost orbs, crop circles,
magnetized water, programmed crystals, numerology, the easter bunny, dream
catchers, feng shui, homeopathy, psychic surgery, cloud ships, astral
projection, holy water, kabbalah, and finally, stepping on cracks in
sidewalks which as we all know, will most likely break your mother's back.

Now, here's my question:

To what evolutionary advantage does gullibility serve?
How does gullibility serve to advance the human race?

Our DNA apparently allows for this to occur in human brain function.
Much like unused organs in the human body, gullibility is still with us.

Of course animals do not show this trait, as far as we can tell.
Or has it been shown that gorillas have intentionally fooled other

gorillas?

There must be a reason. I imagine this question has been asked before by
someone somewhere at sometime.

And a philosophical answer just won't cut it.

oh well. Kook-on you nut-bag.

-S




It provides no direct evolutionary advantage. It is a side effect - unwanted
noise - in the human ability to find patterns. By operating our inbuilt
pattern detector at its maximum sensitivity, we are less likely to miss
important patterns - like wildlife gathers around waterholes at night - but
more likely to get false positives - like the stuff you list above. The
gullible person is well fed (because he knows to hunt at waterholes at
night) but believes a whole lot of other incorrect stuff; the cynic doesn't
waste his time visiting the waterhole at night or sowing seeds only by the
light of a full moon, and so is more likely to starve.

OTOH, I don't know of any environmental advantage to total stupidity, which
is what Mad Scientist actually suffers from.




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On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:55:49 +0000, Mad Scientist wrote:

Evidence of ancient Martian life and civilization, now completely
destroyed proves that evolutionary and creationist theories need
rewriting. The Russians independently analysed data received on the
Martian surface and concluded that there is evidence of Pyramidal
structures or what has been called, non-natural landforms, all over the
place.

http://www.xenotechresearch.com/marsindx.htm
http://www.enterprisemission.com/
http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com


I'd like to thank the parents and teachers of the world for doing such a
great job with the children....

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:01:33 +0000, Mad Scientist wrote:

We all follow someone. I am the first the admit that I am probably the
biggest dumbass around, but at least I am a thinking dumbass.


"Probably"?