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Old 08-March-2008, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis View Post
I never said that I was basing it on nuclear explosions, just that such are physical evidence of similar processes. Hmm, but now that you mention it, why would that be bad science, it's real evidence, as opposed to the hand-waving you tossed around.
It's bad science because it compares two unlike conditions.

And I offered no handwaving, I said that I didn't know whether it would happen or not. How is that handwaving?
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