Re: NASA caught LYING TO YOU again!

On 7/27/2025 1:43 AM, JTEM wrote:
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> On 7/24/25 11:48 PM, Pro Plyd wrote:
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>  > In April, a team of scientists based at the
>  > University of Cambridge claimed that a planet
>  > orbiting a distant star bore a possible
>  > signature of life.
> 
> Talking about this story:
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> https://archive.is/ApwLm
> 
> This was confirmation of a previous analysis of the
> very same planet.
> 
> The planet has been of special interests since at
> least 2015. It was considered a candidate for life
> back then. They detected Dimethyl sulfide in the
> atmosphere two years ago, or at least that's when
> it was reported, and they confirmed the findings
> again in April.
> 
> Dimethyl sulfide is a VERY tasty biosignature
> because, unlike most biosignatures, we know of
> no non-biological means to produce it. They also
> found other "Biosignatures" but this dimethyl
> sulfide is so exciting because, as far as anyone
> knows, it can only come from life.
> 
> Well. It can be the result of industrial emissions,
> yes, but those in turn are the product of biological
> activity i.e. man.
> 
> So they found MORE THAN ONE biosignature and even
> got a confirmation of this all important Dimethyl
> sulfide signature. And...
> 
>  > But the new observations have failed to confirm
>  > evidence for life.
> 
> This is not true. Read the cite.
> 
> We have a detection of biosignatures. We have a
> confirmation of those biosignatures. And then we
> have a "Failed to Confirm."
> 
> It's been confirmed. At least twice now.
> 
>  > In the original study, the
>  > Cambridge team claimed that K2-18b appeared to
>  > have a gas in its atmosphere that on Earth is
>  > produced only by living things. The NASA study
>  > did not find strong evidence for that gas.
> 
> This is stating that they found evidence for the gas.
> 
> "Strong" is the word you need to take note of. They
> are NOT saying that they did not find evidence, they
> are saying that they did find evidence but it's not
> very "Strong."
> 
> So we have three studies finding evidence for this
> Dimethyl sulfide....
> 
>  > What’s more, the NASA team argues that even if
>  > the gas was on K2-18b,
> 
> There are ZERO non biological sources on the planet
> earth. There are ZERO known non biological sources.
> 
> The gas was found in 2023. They confirmed that finding
> in April. Now NASA just found evidence for that gas though
> they say it's not "Strong" evidence... and that a gas with
> ZERO non biological sources could have resulted from a
> non biological source....
> 
> They are lying. Again.
> 
> NASA is phenomenally consistent with the denial of any
> evidence for life outside of earth. I've already been
> over this in the example of Mars...
> 
>  > it might have formed
>  > through mere chemistry.
> 
> It's not know to have EVER come into existence from a
> non biological source.
> 
>  > What once seemed like
>  > a promising clue of life — a biosignature —
>  > might be a mirage.
> 
> Actually, it looks more like NASA is actively squashing
> the story. The exact same NASA that went searching for life
> on Mars using optics that can't even see bacterial life on
> earth, most of it anyway, or any suspected like on Mars (the
> famous structures within the Mars Rock) is telling you that
> a biosignature with precisely ZERO known non-biological
> sources may have originated from a non-biological source, and
> that's why a second confirmation (at least) of biosignatures
> is not any kind of confirmation....
> 
> But even their claims here, which as incredibly misleading,
> do imply that they found alien life.
> 
> NASA found evidence for that life!  They say it's not
> "Strong" evidence but even "Less than strong evidence" is
> still evidence, AND TOGETHER WITH THE PREVIOUS FINDINGS
> strengthens the claim that we have found a life bearing
> world.
> 
> NASA is a government agency. They do not exist to inform you.
> They exist to carry out policy, not make it.
> 

The term for this is "science".  No, no one is lying; rather, some 
investigators are either simply wrong or extrapolating beyond the 
evidences that are currently available.  In either case, everyone is 
acting in good faith!