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Old 31-October-2007, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by triplebird View Post
I was thinking more about Hoagland and the Face(tm) yesterday and wondered where he would even get the idea that something like that would be made artificially.
Because he's nuts?

Serious answer; Because he starts with the assumption that it's an artifact, and doesn't bother to think about the hows and whys.
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