Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

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Morrison of NASA disputes Younger Dryas Impact Team -- touts Tusk despite obscurity

Unfortunately, the overcrowded session ran late, and there was no time for discussion or questions. Even when their conclusions were challenged, most of the scientists in the audience chose not to respond. The result was a lost opportunity for real debate. Perhaps not surprisingly, the AGU session received very little press attention. Indeed, following the AGU and GSA meetings, the…
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

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Shrill and Hysterical: NASA official seeks personal apology from citizen Catastrophist

When I worked in politics, we won a primary — and knew we would beforehand — when the opponent became, as was noted in the newspaper, “Shrill and Hysterical.”  To us, that meant we were doing something right because the opponent was losing her grip as the evidence of the pending loss mounted. We see much the same dynamic today in the email chatter of Leroy Ellenberger, a…
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question