But Gerry has very valid points here. We have to look at the text. The most straight forward explination I can think of is that a Red star would be in much the same shape as Urth...not giving off much heat, because it's near the end of it's life. That is typically the state of red stars. So, most of the worlds around it would be ice cubes, no doubt, as will the planets of Urth's system without a new sun. It is very interesting that a being of great age is being contacted around another dying star, however. <div>
<br></div><div>That is another mark in the column against it being Blue and Green. Those planets aren't circling a red star.</div><div><br></div><div>I think it's safe to say, in my opinion, that textually Blue and Green are ruled out. The 'ancient intelligence' being some sort of Megatherian isn't ruled out at all, but goes mostly nowhere, probably.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Lee Berman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:severiansola@hotmail.com">severiansola@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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>Gerry Quinn: Feel free to speculate on the history of that system... the fact remains<br>
>that the number is stated to be one.<br>
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Yes, Gerry. Ignore the words and pay attention only to numbers. Evidence is meaningless<br>
unless quantifiable. "One surviving world" implies there was one and only one world. Just<br>
pretend the meaningless "surviving" doesn't exist in the equation.<br>
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