XPost: rec.arts.sf.movies, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Thu, 03 May 2018 21:09:53 -0500, David DeLaney   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2018-05-03, Your Name  wrote:   
   >> It's not just water of course, they're stuck on the blinkered idea that   
   >> life elsewhere must be like life on Earth, so to them that means water,   
   >   
   >... you DO know what the first three components of all three newsgroups you   
   >continue to crosspost this thread to without ever snipping anything out of   
   your   
   >replies ARE, don't you? And that people with actual science DEGREES, who have   
   >some familiarity with how science and scientists actually work and what types   
   >of research grant might be available, read and post here?   
   >   
   >Because I think YOU think you're posting to folks who don't know anything   
   about   
   >science or scientists and therefore won't call you on your bald and incorrect   
   >assertions, unsupported, of how scientists are handling the search for alien   
   >life. Hint: you're not.   
   >   
   >You're talking with people who can actually read through what's at the links   
   >you're posting and understand them; you might give it a try.   
   >   
   >Dave, another hint: the populations "scientists" and "sf readers" are NOT   
   > disjoint, and never have been   
      
        AIUI, it had to do with how U.S Robotics (the real world company)   
   got its name.   
      
   >ps: the above also contains examples of how to be informative while still   
   being   
   > condescending. you need some work on that, too.   
      
        Nice swat, Mr. DeLaney.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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