[meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteorite"collectable"

[Darren Garrison]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0200, you wrote:


>Legislature means: politicians and civil servants.

>Of course these people can't have any idea what a meteorite is, how they are

>found, how many do exist, what for a scientific or economical value they

>have or don't have and how they were exchanged between finders, museums,

>dealers, collectors in past.


Also, being a successful politician doesn't require that you actually be very
intelligent or well educated-- it requires only that you can tell a majority of
the people what they want to hear.  With "leaders" like this, maybe Arizona will
be the next place to outlaw meteorites:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/jebus_how_do_these_dingbats_ge.php