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Re: carcinogenic properties of dark matter
Andy,
Any idea as to the definition of dark matter in this example? If they mean
dark matter as in the "missing mass" of the universe from the big bang, I'd
say it's a joke or an excessive use of non-lawful recreational
pharmaceuticals. If there is a different definition of dark matter, I'll
gladly wait to be enlightened and spread the good word (what ever that
might be).
Yours in confusion,
Scott Kniffin
mailto:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
RSO, Unisys Corp. @ Lanham, MD
CHO, Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
The opinions expressed here are my own. They do not necessarily represent
the views of Unisys Corporation or NASA. This information has not been
reviewed by my employer or supervisor.
At 13:30 05/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>A friend from LLNL sent this to me. I had no idea that dark matter was
>carcinogenic. And, in 8 years of geology education, I never really caught
>on to the geologic effects of dark matter. Apparently this is a preprint
>from LANL. I keep reminding myself that continental drift and relativity
>were considered wacky at the time - if I'm being unduly sceptical about
>this, please let me know either privately or publically.
>
>Andy
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>Astrophysics, abstract
>astro-ph/9805142
>
>Double Mass Extinctions and the Volcanogenic Dark Matter Scenario
>
>Authors: Samar Abbas, Afsar Abbas, Shukadev Mohanty
>Comments: 11 pages, RevTeX, no figures
>Subj-class: Astrophysics; Geophysics; Biological Physics
>
>A few of the major mass extinctions of paleontology have recently been
>found to consist of two distinct extinction peaks at higher resolution. A
>viable explanation for this remains elusive. In this paper it is shown that
>the recently proposed volcanogenic dark matter model can explain this
>puzzling characteristic of these extinctions. The accumulation and
>annihilation of dark matter in the center of the Earth due to the passage
>of a clump leads to excess heat generation with the consequent ejection of
>superplumes, followed by massive volcanism and attendant mass
>extinctions. This is preceded by an extinction pulse due to carcinogenesis
>arising from the direct interaction of the clumped dark matter with living
>organisms.
>
>The opinions expressed above are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to
>say, they are not those of my employer. (with apologies to Michael Feldman)
>
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