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Re: A bolide did it! No... not really.
David Marjanovic writes:
>> I often think that the theory... the need... for impacts to be THE cause for
>> extinctions, particularly the KT, has become such an effective cloud of
>> judgment, that other, more viable alternatives, in this case for climate
>> change, are gingerly tossed aside as support for *The Impact-Induced Event*,
>> no matter how circumstantial that support may be, is sought out with an
>> almost religious fervor, and when found, is taken as evidence after the fact
>> for an already foregone conclusion. <<
> Hey, hey. No ad homines "arguments", please. :-) <
Hey, hey. That isn't an *ad homines* argument. I see the viewing of it as being
one the adoption of a defensive posture. :-)
Kris