[meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of Angrites" for sale -...
Rose, David MD
DRose at emersonhosp.org
Thu Jul 22 08:00:01 EDT 2010
I agree with Jeff completely. Same thing happens in Medicine. And even when the data is peer reviewed, that doesn't mean that it is rock solid truth. It's a process of continual evaluation and refinement.
David
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Yikes! Abstracts to meetings are not peer reviewed!
jeff
On 7/21/2010 10:05 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
> Hi Jason and List,
>
> I do not refute Melinda Hutson's article that was never peer reviewed and
> contains several errors according to the classifying scientists. I asked
> scientists about the article and they stated, it is obvious that she didn't read
> the original peer reviewed abstract carefully, even mistaking the type of
> petrology that was discussed using formulas that simply do not apply to the
> texture NWA 2999 exhibits.
>
> There were several prestigious coauthors listed in the original paper; Unique
> Angrite NWA 2999: The Case For Samples From Mercury.
>
> Who am I to argue with the world's best? I will keep an open mind and hope for
> some ground truth that will hopefully settle it once and for all. I think the
> authors were making a point of having an open mind and that the subject should
> be debated possibly stimulated more scientific interest in Angrites. It took a
> long time to win over the scientific community that some of these meteorites
> were actually from Mars. It was debated to death and now nobody argues about
> the Shergottite parent body any more.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
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