Ann Druffel - Voluntary ignorance

[CapnG]

What's the deal with Ann Druffel anyway? She sounds like a nice enough woman, and her comments were interesting (although not exactly expansive, retreading existing ground really) but whenever she would get to a certain point, she'd basically say "Well, I can't go there because of my faith". WTF is that? She's already not down with the earth being 6000 years old (which it can't be, even by the math of the Bible it has to be at least 12,000-20,000) so how come she feels the need to throw up these blinders. Better still, why didn't David grill her on that very point?

I say David because it's increasingly becoming the case that he plays bad cop to Gene's good cop.

 

[Tom Levine]

What's the deal with Ann Druffel anyway? She sounds like a nice enough woman, and her comments were interesting (although not exactly expansive, retreading existing ground really) but whenever she would get to a certain point, she'd basically say "Well, I can't go there because of my faith". WTF is that?

I know, you're right!

 

[Aaron LeClair]

I was surprised and puzzled they were having her on. I'm just glad she isn't as bad as this.
Stop Alien Abductions

 

[Tom Levine]

Gee, A.LeClair...You sure do spend a lot of time at Stop Alien Abductions

Is there something that you'd like us to know?

 

[Aaron LeClair]

Gee, A.LeClair...You sure do spend a lot of time at Stop Alien Abductions

Is there something that you'd like us to know?

Ive visited the site 4 times in all I think. 3 was just to copy the url.

If you want to stop an abduction, break out the video camera. It's apparently kryptonite to them.

 

[mikepc]

I think the roasting of a little old lady wouldn't be entertaining for anyone really.

 

[Aaron LeClair]

I think the roasting of a little old lady wouldn't be entertaining for anyone really.

As if humans have good taste in entertainment. Turn on the tv.

 

[Mogwa]

Near the end of the interview, Ms. Druffel stated that Neanderthals were probably not human ancestors. One of the hosts, I believe it was David, rebutted her remark by claiming that there is no scientific basis to support it. In fact, there is.
Svante Paabo of the University of Munich, along with colleagues in the U.S. has succeeded in extracting enough mitochondrial dna from fossil remains to complete sequencing tests. The results clearly demonstrated that Neanderthals are not ancestral to human beings. While the news was something of a bombshell within the ranks of research and academia, it has nevertheless been accepted as beyond doubt.
Further Neanderthal dna reclamtion is being conducted by Paabo at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. He has stated that within the next two years he will have sequenced enough data to reveal physical characteristics of the species that no anthropologist has ever hoped possible, including hair and skin color.

 

[DBTrek]

Professor Bryan Sykes also pointed out that Neanderthal DNA has too many chromosomes to be a predecessor to Human DNA in his book "The Seven Daughters of Eve" (also on mitochondrial research).

There's plenty of science backing this fact up. Sorry guys, they're not our ancestors.

-DBTrek

 

[David Biedny]

Thanks for the heads up, guys, I stand corrected.

dB

 

[Tom Levine]

Nice, MOGWA!!!!

 

[Aaron LeClair]

Near the end of the interview, Ms. Druffel stated that Neanderthals were probably not human ancestors. One of the hosts, I believe it was David, rebutted her remark by claiming that there is no scientific basis to support it. In fact, there is.
Svante Paabo of the University of Munich, along with colleagues in the U.S. has succeeded in extracting enough mitochondrial dna from fossil remains to complete sequencing tests. The results clearly demonstrated that Neanderthals are not ancestral to human beings. While the news was something of a bombshell within the ranks of research and academia, it has nevertheless been accepted as beyond doubt.
Further Neanderthal dna reclamtion is being conducted by Paabo at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. He has stated that within the next two years he will have sequenced enough data to reveal physical characteristics of the species that no anthropologist has ever hoped possible, including hair and skin color.

Last I read they linked them to the ginger gene. I read about how when you see a red head they have neanderthals as ancestors. Like many things in science, different people say different things.

Here's some info. on it. neanderthal ginger gene - Google Search

I recommend taking certainty lightly when it comes to our origins.

 

[CapnG]

It's my understanding that they're considered a parallel species, co-existing with us, certainly having common ancestry with us but not directly related to us in terms of decendants.

Although now that I think about it, I recall reading somewhere about a theory that Neanderthals were bred out by modern humans, hybridizing in some areas and simply dying off in others, they're an evolutionary cul-du-sac.

 

[The Hawk]

If you want to stop an abduction, break out the video camera. It's apparently kryptonite to them.

Or they just mind control you to move out of view of the camera..
I don't think the hemet idea is a bad idea. I can't imagine leather even muting mind control but some materials might work.

 

[DBTrek]

Here's some info. on it. neanderthal ginger gene - Google Search

I recommend taking certainty lightly when it comes to our origins.

From the annotated Wikipedia entry under 'red hair':

Estimates on the original occurrence of the currently active gene for red hair vary from 20,000 to 100,000 years ago. Based on a 2001 Oxford University study, some commentators speculated that Neanderthals had red hair, and that some redheaded and freckled humans today share some genetic heritage with Neanderthals. Other researchers disagree, and the scientists who conducted the 2001 Oxford study have said that this is a misinterpretation of their findings.


I'm inclined to believe the Oxford scientists who conducted the study, and say the Neanderthal-human ginger gene link is a misrepresentation of their work.

As for . . .

Although now that I think about it, I recall reading somewhere about a theory that Neanderthals were bred out by modern humans, hybridizing in some areas and simply dying off in others, they're an evolutionary cul-du-sac.

Professor Bryan Sykes points out that humans have 46 chromosomes while neaderthals have 48. This makes breeding between the two species highly unlikely, and would result in sterile offspring if by some miracle it were possible.

So . . . if all Neaderthals started mating exclusively with humans and stopped mating with eachother I guess they could be "bred out" by modern humans. As our understanding of genetics stands today they would not create hybrids, nor would their 'ginger gene' be able to enter our genetic code since there would be no offspring between the species.

-DBTrek

 

[Aaron LeClair]

Or they just mind control you to move out of view of the camera..
I don't think the hemet idea is a bad idea. I can't imagine leather even muting mind control but some materials might work.

The greys will be too busy laughing their little crackless butts off to do the task, so yes, it will probably work.

 

[CapnG]

But greys don't laugh, they're emotionless drones.... supposedly.

 

[Aaron LeClair]

But greys don't laugh, they're emotionless drones.... supposedly.

They korff instead. It's the alien equivilant of a human's laugh. Pay no mind to the coincidence of the word being the same as the name of a somewhat well known ufo researcher. Purely a coincidence.

 

[miner]

I was surprised and puzzled they were having her on. I'm just glad she isn't as bad as this.
Stop Alien Abductions

David Jacobs was on Lou Gentile's show a year or two ago and was asked if there is any possible way to stop an abduction. Jacobs referenced this guy, Michael Menkin, and this hat; implying it may work. But he said you have to wear it 24/7 making it impractical to live a normal life.

 

[hopeful skeptic]

David Jacobs was on Lou Gentile's show a year or two ago and was asked if there is any possible way to stop an abduction. Jacobs referenced this guy, Michael Menkin, and this hat; implying it may work. But he said you have to wear it 24/7 making it impractical to live a normal life.

I would suggest it isn't the hat that makes the living of a normal, productive life difficult. It's the belief in the efficacy of a hat like that that cripples the wearer.