Bettina

Cute, but your off by many years. I think the skull of the early neolithic wasn't nearly as bad as you describe. She probably looked pretty good for her time. Somewhere around 8000BC. I found that the potters wheel was the wheels first use but then man found it was good at grinding hops and barley into mash and so on.......so I think thats where women got their hi pitch voices from screaming so much.... Bettina

I have read about Hiroshima for example and I detest my country for doing that. I imagined young mothers pushing a baby carriage down a street, or getting their kids ready for school when the blast hit. I saw photos of things like watches, hospitals, playgrounds, and people. I am not proud of having the Enola Gay hung up on a ceiling as a display of victory and I shook my head when I first saw it. I never watch "Pearl Harbor" movies because its a slap in the face to the present Japanese population. The reason we did this was to "end the war", but I know different. I believe the military wanted to test the bomb on a living target and still be "legal" before the war ended. Nobody will change my mind that we brought inhumanity right to the innocent. We were not targeting soldiers, we targeted the innocent men, women, and children who were not part of the war. People who were not fighting but just trying to get along. We purposely targeted civilians and I for one am ashamed of that. With that said, I don't throw stones at other countries without throwing them at mine. Hurting innocent people is nothing to be proud of. Thats what makes you uncivilized. I don't feel safe in my country either, for the reasons listed by Enski, only he forgot to add rapists and child molesters to it too and I don't agree with my president on anything either....Yes Benson, I worry about a few thousand people and as far as having the nuclear capability to destroy the world, I cannot argue that either. The point I was trying to make, is that religious fanatics and nuclear weapons don't mix. What do you think would have happended to New York on 9/11 if the Taliban had a nuke and could deliver it. Our secretary of defense made a statement that keeps ringing true in my ears. "If these people get their hands on a nuclear weapon they won't hesitate to use it". I believe him and it scares me to death. I don't worry about China, US, Russia, or other "civilized" countries having nukes. I worry about "uncivlilized" countries who force their women to wear Burkas, and/or have "religious ideologies" as there constitution driving them to develop dirty bombs to use against "infidels"...or giving death to those who grab the koran without gloves on....and please don't insult me by saying these things are "customs", there not. Bettina

This was so interesting, I asked my dad "what was the greatest invention of all time", and like UNCOOL in post 12, he said the WHEEL. So, whoever the cavewomen was, she was the greatest inventor. Bettina

I like it. It doesn't detract from the possibility that life came from outer space. It just states that when it arrived and flourished. It could never be totally eliminated. It survives. Bettina

Since you have taken this to a personal level and shown your dislike for me, I won't be bothering you anymore. I think it may be wise if we place each other on our ignore lists. Sorry you took it so personal. Bettina

Vladimir, criticizing without explanation is not helping me understand. What is it about my opinion that is wrong. Where is my mistake? Bettina

Where is my mistake? Bettina

Don't forget Sugar and Spice and everthing nice.... Bettina

I wasn't speaking of the uncivilised middle east countrys waging a full scale nuclear war. I was referring to uncivilized religious fanatics detonating a nuclear weapon like a "dirty bomb" on a civilized country. That is the real danger, much less than the US using nukes. I am not worried about North Korea because though not free, they are still civilized. However, I am really worried about Iran. They are uncivilized, overly religious, fanatical, unlikely to be converted to civility, and will nuke us for just looking crosseyed at the Quran. I was not being blatent. By my profile, you can see where I come from. I have nothing to hide. But I do read the news. Bettina

Cute.....but nothing to do with life..... I am going to try some of the snowflake experiments though..... Bettina

Compared to manned flights, they are cheap. Something tells me your making fun of me... I think you already know. Bettina

I know this is amusing to you, and that I'm just a 17 year old girl with a huge imagination, but when I look up at those stars at night, I can feel it. I know we are not alone, and I know that the building blocks of life were created along with the formation of matter. This is why "life" was trapped in the comets during the early stages of the formation of our universe. Religion has no part here. The building blocks are everywhere in the universe, raining down on our planet, finding it hospitable, and flourished. Someday, scientists will find evidence on dead planets and moons of how life tried to start but failed.... on every planet and moon in our solar system that couldn't support it. The ingredients are everwhere. Give it some time. They will find it. This is why I support unmanned (not manned) space exploration. Its cheap, and will find the evidence I mentioned. Bettina

Before any of the other choices materialize, we will have a variation of nuclear war. A nuclear detonation will take place in a civilized and free country, killing thousands, and will be delivered by an uncivilized country somewhere in the middle east. Whether the free country will retaliate in kind, is unknown but I think the detonation will occur in my lifetime. Sad.... Bettina

I'm not trying to argue with you...ok..... maybe a little.... I'm just trying to tell you not to be so convinced that earth life only originated on earth and could never have come from "out there". I have read a lot of articles and the possiblilty is there. I have always believed we were seeded and its nice to read articles from other scientists that believe this too. Bettina

Don't feel used. My mind must have been somewhere else at the time or maybe my dual processing got mixed up. I think you guys are right. I'm going to reboot.......Sorry for the mixup. Bettina

It was this one. http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11180 It used to say "does environmental damage destroy life or change it? What do you think?" Now it says "Does environmental damage end life all together?" I'm just curious of why it is done. Bettina

I am curious of why, for example, the pedophile thread was closed after everyone made there closing arguments, then reopended days later for one poster to make comments about another poster, then closed again. before there was a chance for rebuttal. I thought it was agreed to be closed at a certain time. I would have liked to have made a comment to the last post. Also, why is a person allowed to change the title of his post after many people have already answered it rendering the answers not making any sense anymore. Just curious Bettina

Please post me a link that shows that life on earth could have ONLY come from earth. And...also, tell me why having an open mind like the International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology, (see my above link) is considered "bad science". Bettina

The meaning of my post was kind of sidetracking the original posters question...sorry. I was just saying that part of the original post implied earth life originated on earth, and I am not 100% sure it did. I went on to say that life could have been in the ice of the comets that came down, and "seeded" us. It's just another possibility of how life started on earth. It doesn't explain, however, where life started. I have to review the impact again. Though the majority of the people believe in the biblical version of adam and eve, they would still be unfazed by a discovery of seeded proportions. Their faith will carry them through the discovery, and the bible would be reinterpreted to fit it. I, would not be fazed at all, because I believe the possibility is real and would not be surprised and I don't think it would take scientists by surprise either. Just my opinion... Bettina