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Old 06-October-2008, 06:10 PM
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What do you honestly think? The arguments for the safety depend on a lot of theory, don't they?
Not really, no. They rely heavily on a great many well understood principles.
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Yet that theory depends in turn on the underlying scientific paradigm.
Established? You make it sound like Blind Faith or belief.
Rocks are hard too. If I do an experiment that is based on the "belief" that rocks are hard- am I endangering the Earth because "what if Rocks are Actually SOFT?!"?
Come on!
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Yet it appears that whole edifice could get overturned any day now.
No it does not!
What on Earth made you claim that our basic physics is on the verge of being overturned?
Did you just invent that off the top of your head or what?
You think an ArViX paper PROVES that our Physics theories are on the verge of Overturning?

Come Back To Reality Warren Platts.
You have been so high up on your doomsday soap box for so long that the clouds have gotten in your ears.
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If we're going to "bet the Planet", don't you think we should have firmer foundations upon which to build our safety arguments?
Can they really get any firmer?
The most damage the Planet Earth is facing at this point is a splitting headache from all the doosmday whining.
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