Shocker! Newest "Missing Link" is a Hoax

Jason B · #1 03-07-2010, 07:49 PM

Yet again "science" offers a "missing link" and yet again it is a hoax, following hard on the heels of many other "missing links hoaxes. The newest failure is known as "Ida".

The worst thing is the original discovery was announced in May. And as I understand it, was proclaimed on the news, on Good Morning America, Nightline, World News Tonight, A&E bought the rights for a documentary, and of course a book was written. Both the documentary & book are titled "The Link." Perhaps they should be re-titled, "The WEAKEST Link."

http://www.aolnews.com/science/artic...ity%2F19383401

pelathais · #2 03-07-2010, 10:03 PM

It was not a "hoax" Jason. The fossil, after more thorough study, is said to not fall into the categories that it's promoters had claimed for it last year. It is still a legitimate fossil.

This latest article goes on to say:

"The first big challenge came from Erik Seiffert, a fossil hunter at New York's Stony Brook University. Seiffert had uncovered a 37-million-year-old fossil in Egypt remarkably similar to Ida that he said showed that Darwinius masillae was more akin to an extinct ancestor of lemurs and lorises than it was to a monkey or a man."

So, instead of being a "hoax" as you have said, it appears to have been a controversial interpretation of the findings - and further vindication for the scientists who were not swayed by all the noise the History Channel was making about this last year.

The History Channel is also the primary outlet on cable for ghost hunters and UFO watchers. They had such promise starting out, but after merging with A&E they abandoned all sense and have been a National Enquirer type of network ever since.

pelathais · #3 03-07-2010, 10:11 PM

You remember how those Evolution debates went, don't you Jason?

Jason B · #4 03-07-2010, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pelathais

You remember how those Evolution debates went, don't you Jason?

Yep, thats one issue we are FAR apart on.

still friends though

pelathais · #5 03-08-2010, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

Yep, thats one issue we are FAR apart on.

still friends though

Orthodoxy · #6 03-08-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pelathais

You remember how those Evolution debates went, don't you Jason?

A little less-than-classy coming from your own lips! LOL

pelathais · #7 03-09-2010, 03:49 AM

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A little less-than-classy coming from your own lips! LOL

"Less than classy" ???

What I remembered was that no one but coadie even tried to answer the challenges - and coadie was clearly in need of a doctor's care at the time.

I'm not doing a little dance here saying, "Oh yeah! In your face! I won!" I'm just saying that there really isn't a lot of people who have a background in this area to fully debate the topic as it deserves. And so, sadly, the topic molders from neglect.

Cool avatar pic by the way.

Orthodoxy · #8 03-09-2010, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by pelathais

Cool avatar pic by the way.

Thanks... It's Bora Bora in the South Pacific, the most beautiful place on earth.

DAII · #9 03-09-2010, 05:33 AM

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Thanks... It's Bora Bora in the South Pacific, the most beautiful place on earth.

Bora, Bora ... what is that supposed to mean, Orthodoxy?

You wanna piece of me too?!!!!

Nitehawk013 · #10 03-08-2010, 06:19 AM

You'd thinkthat after all the frauds and hoaxes the "intelligent" scientists would stop pushing garbage like the fairy tale that is evolution.