Tonight's top story: Britney Spears is pregnant again. Oh and some water was discovered on another planet too.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
wtf.
One of the most profound discoveries of our time, that liquid water has recently been discovered flowing out of some kind of underground body on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, is going almost unnoticed.
The news of the February 2005 data taken from the Cassini probe has just been released to the public in this month's issue of Science.
I only found out about it as I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on CNBC on the ticker at the bottom of the screen, sandwiched between entries on a hostage situation in a school in France and the groundbreaking news that Japan is about to raise interest rates.
Can we get our priorities straight here?
We have found proof undeniable of the existence of water, the fundamental building block of life as we know it on the surface of another planet.
And since pretty much every scientist in the world agrees that water means at least the potential for life, (even my asshole grade 10 science teacher - yes I mean you Mr. Mitchell) this has effectively doubled the number of planetoids in our solar system that might contain sentient life.
And for those reading this that need their cynicism explained to them I am including Earth as one of the two planets that might contain sentient life because of the aforementioned hoopla currently being thrown over Britney Spears' second pregnancy.
This is a Big Fucking Deal, and if we weren't such a moronic, self-obsessed culture, we would be making an appropriate response about this news. Not only is there the possibility of life on any number of the recently discovered planets in other solar systems within our own galaxy, but there could be life on a planet that is practically within walking distance!
For those interested in what will be remembered as one of the most significant discoveries in human history, (if we make it far enough to have a further history) NASA has an excellent article about the discovery.
The rest of you might enjoy this. Assholes.
One of the most profound discoveries of our time, that liquid water has recently been discovered flowing out of some kind of underground body on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, is going almost unnoticed.
The news of the February 2005 data taken from the Cassini probe has just been released to the public in this month's issue of Science.
I only found out about it as I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on CNBC on the ticker at the bottom of the screen, sandwiched between entries on a hostage situation in a school in France and the groundbreaking news that Japan is about to raise interest rates.
Can we get our priorities straight here?
We have found proof undeniable of the existence of water, the fundamental building block of life as we know it on the surface of another planet.
And since pretty much every scientist in the world agrees that water means at least the potential for life, (even my asshole grade 10 science teacher - yes I mean you Mr. Mitchell) this has effectively doubled the number of planetoids in our solar system that might contain sentient life.
And for those reading this that need their cynicism explained to them I am including Earth as one of the two planets that might contain sentient life because of the aforementioned hoopla currently being thrown over Britney Spears' second pregnancy.
This is a Big Fucking Deal, and if we weren't such a moronic, self-obsessed culture, we would be making an appropriate response about this news. Not only is there the possibility of life on any number of the recently discovered planets in other solar systems within our own galaxy, but there could be life on a planet that is practically within walking distance!
For those interested in what will be remembered as one of the most significant discoveries in human history, (if we make it far enough to have a further history) NASA has an excellent article about the discovery.
The rest of you might enjoy this. Assholes.
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