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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:11 PM Original message |
"Thick Atmosphere" theory: anyone ever heard of this? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm going to stay with "quack science" Alex. |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's cretinist bullshit. Moist (even saturated) air is LESS dense (lighter) |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. For what it's worth I've heard of this on the history channel or discovery channel |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Unfortunately, most quack science |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. And even more unfortunately... it's on those stupid channels WAY too often. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not "thicker", but higher oxygen content made giant insects possible. NT |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Two-Thirds the Density of Water"? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yeah, that was my reaction too. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. This isn't true. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So why were many dinosaurs so huge? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Darwin made them that way. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. The most acceptable explanation for |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Because they could feed themselves mass quantities |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The answer is in your comment ... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Our atmosphere is stratified |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It is junk science |
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cosmicaug (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. I don't think that you are correct |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The OP hypothesizes that there is enough CO2 |
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cosmicaug (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Could happen |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. And only 14 angels can dance on the head of a pin. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. PV=K, D = m/V |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's hot. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Excellent, thank you |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why were dinosaurs so large? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Crimeny, I just noticed the forum. Sorry about that |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Fair enough |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Nope, I would have been more obvious if that were my intent |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. This sounds like the old Canopy Theory |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. No clue |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
26. I saw that in a Jack Chick tract. |
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cosmicaug (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's "possible" |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. To a small extent correct, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. My first guess is that if you upped the CO2 content enough to get a big density boost, |
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