Scientific Censorship and Evolution

[Giovanni Maga]

In article <D6GHnI.JF7 at jura.sasa.gov.uk>, odonnell at sasa.gov.uk (Kevin
O'Donnell) wrote:

> In article <322 at milton.win-uk.net>, richard at milton.win-uk.net (Richard 
> Milton) says:
> 
> >Viruses resembling _Pedomicrobium_ and influenza  were
> >identified by Hans Dieter Pflug in a meteorite in 1981 (see
> >"The Facts of Life" page 239 for further details). 
> >
> 
> This sounds very interesting. Do you have a reference from a 
> peer-reviewed journal for this discovery?
> 
> Kevin O'Donnell
> Scottish Agricultural Science Agency    
> Edinburgh
> Scotland                                           

Dear Richard,
1) Which kind of virus is called Pedomicrobium? (It's a serious question, I
do not know. The part *microbium* seems to indicate that this is a very old
name for a virus, coming from the age when it was not clear the diff.
between microbes and viruses, so there should be a modern name also).
2) Don't you think that the enviromental conditions that can be found on a
meteorite (beside the heating occurred during its passage through the
atmosphere) would be a little challenging even for those nasty boys like
influenza viruses (but maybe you are telling us that they found *fossiles*
of viruses?)
3) Have you asked Dr. Quatermass what he thinks about that?
BTW, try to support your conclusions with serious scientific data, at least
with data that *sound* like serious. This is fiction (to be polite).