Apr 13, 2012
More intelligent alien dinosaurs
Yesterday, I posted about chemist Ronald Breslow’s frivolous claim that the nature of homochirality on Earth might not be duplicated on other planets and that there might be intelligent dinosaurs ruling other worlds. It seems like it was a flippant and not particularly precise comment piece from a retired, but well-respected, ACS past president about origin of life chemistry. He seemingly added some fluff to his conclusion that has no real scientific credence whatsoever. My blog post and others provoked a lot of discussion about the rights and wrongs of such stuff and nonsense.
Breslow Dinosaur Tweets
See Arr Oh The upshot of the Breslow paper? Now EVERYONE is talking aboutdinosaurs again! #roar
Agustin Pierri @awdemartino @PeterBurks Gotta love those JACS editors RT@ChemBark My take on the Breslow ”dinosaur” paper in JACS.fb.me/1NwjINWRS
David Kroll Oh yeah, self-plagiarism as well! RT @ChemBark: My take on theBreslow ”dinosaur” paper in JACS. fb.me/1NwjINWRS
Spot on! Points for “booger-eating PR guy” RT @ChemBark: My take on the Breslow ”dinosaur” paper in JACS. fb.me/1NwjINWRS
Derek Flynn @KarlCarpo That’s what you think. “Highly Advanced KillerDinosaurs On Other Planets? says Ronald Breslow“ is.gd/97jo4J
Aaron How old do I have to be to write about space dinosaurs in JACS?Breslow is 81. I think I can aim lower. #spacedinosby30
Mark Bernstein JACS: Breslow article on origin of chirality in biology.pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… Conclusion dinosaurs slipped past referees? HT @DavidBrin1
Jim Kling Aliens are not likely to be dinosaurs, no matter what the American Chemical Society says: bit.ly/IjvMgY
Dr. Sanctuary + Team RT @chembark: My take on the Breslow ”dinosaur” paper in JACS.fb.me/1NwjINWRS
Neil Withers From someone who knows the field. Go+read!! RT @ChemBark: My take on the Breslow ”dinosaur” paper in JACS. fb.me/1NwjINWRS
ChemBark My take on the Breslow ”dinosaur” paper in JACS. fb.me/1NwjINWRS
Yes, yes he was. #calmTFdown RT @leonidkruglyak: Seriously, wasBreslow having a laugh with last two sentences of “spacedinosaurs” paper?
Leonid Kruglyak .@David_Dobbs @laelaps Seriously, was Breslow having a laugh with last two sentences of “space dinosaurs” paper? How did it get past editor?
Emily Thompson Photo: itsfullofstars: “INTELLIGENT…DINOSAURS.” Speak for yourself, Ronald Breslow. I want to meet those…tmblr.co/ZTXx8xJYBpsz
David Bradley @suthers I know. That’s the bit I couldn’t believe…that the ACS ran with it. Breslow does mention dinosaurs in his conclusion!
Headline of the Day!!!==>RT @ticiaverveer: Highly Advanced KillerDinosaurs On Other Planets? says Ronald Breslow is.gd/97jo4J
Mohammed Abbasi Boffin Ronald Breslow suggests that life-forms based on slightly different amino acids and sugars could take the… fb.me/Ts4NmI63
Ticia Verveer Highly Advanced Killer Dinosaurs On Other Planets? says RonaldBreslow redorbit.com/news/space/111…
Frank Burdon “Breslow did not include any illustrations or offer specific details about the sort of uber-dinosaurs he has in mind.”
ScienceGeist Can talk abt infinite parallel universes 2! RT @SeeArrOh Breslowtalks OOL, homochirality…and space dinosaurs: bit.ly/HtoxD4
@Richvn trunc.it/k04ql Of which trunc.it/jtst2 and trunc.it/kq1k4 are quite po in the face
#amtweet - Breslow talks OOL, homochirality…and spacedinosaurs: bit.ly/HtoxD4 #really
Esko joo Intelligent Dinosaurs May Rule Other Planets Says Scientist: Columbia University scientist Ronald Breslow, Ph.D…. bit.ly/IxdpaM
Waseem Mansour Intelligent Dinosaurs May Rule Other Planets Says Scientist: Columbia University scientist Ronald Breslow, Ph.D…. bit.ly/IxdpaM
one who does @minakissykissy ”Breslow did not include any illustrations or offer specific details about the sort of uber-dinosaurs he has in mind.” :(
Info Terrorism Advanced Dinosaurs May Rule Other Planets: Okaaaay, Dr.Breslow, let’s hear your theory… (via… goo.gl/fb/3TCP2
Spencer Striker Intelligent life evolved from #dinosaurs on exoplanets might be mean#bastards claims Dr. Breslow @tgdaily ow.ly/ae5TX SS
The Fix You Need Advanced Dinosaurs May Rule Other Planets: Okaaaay, Dr.Breslow, let’s hear your theory… (via TG… bit.ly/InDIkk#TeamFollowBack
Crizzle’s Buttons #news #alt #disinfo Advanced Dinosaurs May Rule Other Planets: Okaaaay, Dr. Breslow, let’s hear your th… bit.ly/I823p8 #retweet
Breslow talks OOl, homochirality…and space dinosaurs:bit.ly/HtoxD4 #seriously #JustLikeCooking #spacedinos
Film News Scientist Says Dinosaurs Could’ve Been Smart If Not Smarter Than Humans: Dr. Ronald Breslow makes a clai… filmne.ws/ImggUP#movies
Free Radical Ronald Breslow should win a Best Troll in a Scientific Paper award: “Could ‘Advanced’ Dinosaurs Rule Other Planets? bit.ly/ItC6F1
Breslow was perhaps having a little fun in his dotage or else the piece was ghostwritten and he never even saw that his throwaway remark about alternative evolutionary paths that might occur on distant worlds could lead to a lizard-like ET was used in his comment piece. Sometimes when you get egg on your face the best thing to do is to simply suck it up. Yum, yum, roaaaar!
Yes…Darwin had the evidence of fossils. This spurious comment from Breslow in a paper on an entirely unrelated subject has absolutely no, I repeat absolutely no basis in fact, it’s a pure fantasy. He makes the leap from attempting to understanding why there is a bias in the handedness of some biomolecules (amino acids and sugars) on earth to creating a wholly invented extraterrestrial world of dinosaurs. Jean, I hope you’re simply being flippant and don’t actually imagine that there is any merit in his conclusion. I assume he did it either because he was nudged to make such an outlandish suggestion or because he himself was taking the piss.
Yes, didn’t we laugh at Darwin too? We descended from apes? Haha.