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Vatican Says Alien Life Plausible 775

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @05:03PM from the well-that's-charitable-of-the-vatican dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to BBC, the director of the Vatican Observatory stated in an article titled 'Aliens Are My Brother' that intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space. 'The search for forms of extraterrestrial life does not contradict belief in God. — Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God.' Mind that this is not the same director who said that evolution is more than a mere theory — that was Father Coyne. I myself agree. There might be intelligent beings created by God in outer space even if there are none here on earth."

Comment Post Hoc Fallacy (Score 1) 71

by tabbot on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @02:09AM (#19979975) Attached to: Red Hat Reaping Benefits From Novell/MSFT deal?

Event 1: Microsoft and Novell sign patent deal
Event 2: Redhat has better sales than Novell
Conclusion: there is a backlash against Novell and is losing customers.

This a logical fallacy of the type "Post Hoc ergo propter Hoc", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter _hoc.

Because Redhat's increased sales happened after Microsoft/Novell deal, doesn't mean there is a fallout. I doubt that is the case especially among 'corporate' customers. It could've been just better and targeted marketing on the part of Redhat to counter the deal.

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