Re: A bolide did it! No... not really.

[MariusRomanus@aol.com]

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