<story><title>Fungi on Mars? Evidence of Growth and Behavior from Sequential Images [pdf]</title><url>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351252619_Fungi_on_Mars_Evidence_of_Growth_and_Behavior_From_Sequential_Images</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sam-2727</author><text>The first author has had questionable publications in the past: &amp;quot;Quantum Physics of God: How Consciousness Became the Universe and Created Itself&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344906681_Quantum_Physics_of_God_How_Consciousness_Became_the_Universe_and_Created_Itself&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344906681_Quantum_P...&lt;/a&gt;) and &amp;quot;Quantum Entanglement with the Future: Lincoln Dreams of His Assassination&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344907026_Quantum_Entanglement_with_the_Future_Lincoln_Dreams_of_His_Assassination&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344907026_Quantum_E...&lt;/a&gt;). Other coauthors have past evidence for fringe publications (the last author is an astrophysicist who doesn&amp;#x27;t believe black holes exist). Given the publication records, I would be very skeptical of this paper, even if it seems convincing at face value.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jamal-kumar</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;brainmind.com&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;JosephGalaxy.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;brainmind.com&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;JosephGalaxy.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;His personal website is a certified 100% pure gem as well</text></comment>
<story><title>Fungi on Mars? Evidence of Growth and Behavior from Sequential Images [pdf]</title><url>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351252619_Fungi_on_Mars_Evidence_of_Growth_and_Behavior_From_Sequential_Images</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sam-2727</author><text>The first author has had questionable publications in the past: &amp;quot;Quantum Physics of God: How Consciousness Became the Universe and Created Itself&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344906681_Quantum_Physics_of_God_How_Consciousness_Became_the_Universe_and_Created_Itself&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344906681_Quantum_P...&lt;/a&gt;) and &amp;quot;Quantum Entanglement with the Future: Lincoln Dreams of His Assassination&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344907026_Quantum_Entanglement_with_the_Future_Lincoln_Dreams_of_His_Assassination&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.researchgate.net&amp;#x2F;publication&amp;#x2F;344907026_Quantum_E...&lt;/a&gt;). Other coauthors have past evidence for fringe publications (the last author is an astrophysicist who doesn&amp;#x27;t believe black holes exist). Given the publication records, I would be very skeptical of this paper, even if it seems convincing at face value.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>udev</author><text>First author definitely creative with his titles.&lt;p&gt;This kind of papers are testament to the amount of data that we are bringing from Mars: multiple rovers with progressively better and better resolution cameras, and the orbiters.&lt;p&gt;As the amount of data coming from Mars will increase over the years we will see more such &amp;quot;creative&amp;quot; attempts to pick convenient subsets of this data and try to reach for conclusion.&lt;p&gt;But over time, I think, the wind will blow away the chaff and reveal real results, just like the marsian wind moves the sand around hiding and revealing pebbles at its surface.</text></comment>