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Thursday, 20 July 2017
quote [ America’s House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is, to put it politely, a joke.
The Republican-dominated chamber is lacking in actual scientists, full of climate change deniers, and it regularly shares Breitbart articles on its Trump apologist-themed Twitter feed of falsehoods. Despite being able to direct the country’s science policy, it is about as scientifically knowledgeable as a dog. One of the high-ranking members of this committee, Dana Rohrabacher, has said some truly remarkable things in the past, but he’s just outdone himself. During a panel with several space science experts, including those from NASA, he asked: “Is it possible that there was a civilization on Mars thousands of years ago?” ]
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lilmookieesquire said[1] @ 5:09am GMT on 20th Jul
[Score:1 Interesting]
"Yes. We didn't want to say anything before, but since you asked us directly at this committee meeting, we're going to level with you.
Mars is chocked full of hot single aliens that want to meet you and we need as much funding as possible to get you there immediately. Hot alien sex. Whatever you like. They can probably read your mind and it will be super secret cause it's on mars." -Nasa |
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LurkerAtTheGate said[1] @ 1:07pm GMT on 20th Jul
derp. i am not awake. plz ignore.
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cb361 said @ 5:21pm GMT on 20th Jul
By changing your comment, you only make the original far more intriguing...
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Jack Blue said @ 5:21am GMT on 20th Jul
Well, at least he is asking questions....?
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Bruceski said @ 5:30am GMT on 20th Jul
Given "thousands of years ago" I assume the question was trying to tie it into biblical stuff. To be honest I've heard worse.
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HoZay said @ 6:56am GMT on 20th Jul
Rohrabacher is also another Republican Russian stooge.
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C18H27NO3 said[1] @ 3:30pm GMT on 20th Jul
Anybody with a rudimentary knowledge of the solar system and universe already knows the answer to that question.
But the content of the question is irrelevant. The point is to make everything legitimate, therefore destroying the truth. And do it in a supposedly professional and public setting. |
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Ussmak said @ 4:58pm GMT on 20th Jul
I remember a time when people just said dumb shit and other people left it at that.
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C18H27NO3 said @ 5:06pm GMT on 20th Jul
i dunno. When dealing with clients and a co-worker or employee in a professional setting said something stupid, you didn't just "leave it at that."
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Ussmak said @ 5:54pm GMT on 20th Jul
He's a guy asking a question that interests him, regardless of it's absurdity.
It's not some far flung conspiracy to dumb down scientific discussion. |
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mechanical contrivance said @ 6:14pm GMT on 20th Jul
Yeah, this guy isn't smart enough to take part in a conspiracy.
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C18H27NO3 said @ 7:36pm GMT on 20th Jul
People love to conflate conspiracy with common goals.
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satanspenis666 said @ 11:48pm GMT on 20th Jul
The answer was that it was just highly unlikely. So what you're saying, is there's still a chance!
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