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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

salvorhardin

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1. That reminds me of...

Reply to dmallind (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:24 AM

Jan 2012

That's like one of those headlines you'd read back in the days of the USSR, many of them based on rumors started by our own government to get the Soviets to discredit themselves, or pursue ridiculous time-wasting avenues of research.

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I suspect this belongs here. Life on Venus! [View all] dmallind Jan 2012 OP

That reminds me of... salvorhardin Jan 2012 #1

In the early 90s I knew the local militia groups Nevernose Jan 2012 #2

This reminds me of Ben Bova's novel "Venus" Odin2005 Jan 2012 #3

Is that the one they end up trapped in the ship on the surface? Responder3 Jan 2012 #4

Yep. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #5

A disk, a black flap and a scorpion walk into a bar... slutticus Jan 2012 #6