Vatican Astrobiology Conference: Copernicus Not Invited

Penn State professor of geosciences, James Kasting, was recently one of thirty scientists invited to attend a three-day conference at the Vatican. The topic? The existence of extraterrestrial life and the emerging field of astrobiology.

Wahhhhhh?!?!

Is it just me, or does the Church seem like an unlikely host for this conference?

Once he’s done convincing the Church of the existence of Martians, Professor Kasting has a few other little side projects lined up:

Convincing the Vatican the Earth is NOT the center of the universe
Convincing Osama Bin Laden to invest in a McDonald’s franchise
Convincing the BCS to go to a playoff system
Convincing the BCS that we deserve the Orange Bowl
Convincing the country that Sarah Palin is not “all that”
Convincing the economy to bounce back

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http://www.facebook.com/rcnagel Rob Nagel

You do realize the Vatican has been supportive of evolution, climate science, astrophysics….or do we have a case of Collegian-like overreach in assumptions?
- http://onwardstate.com/members/eliglazier/ Eli Glazier
  
  I think the writer was just having a little fun at the expense of the Vatican. Obviously they would not be hosting a conference if they did not think there was truth in the research. The writer knows that.
Matt Smith

Why did the blog go back to the old comments format?
- http://onwardstate.com/members/davisshaver/ Davis
  
  We’re trying to enable the features IntenseDebate offers through our own code to increase the responsiveness of the comment section. I’m also trying to integrate some cool community features into the blog. You might notice some irregularities over the next week but everything should be set up by the time we return to school.