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Seeing things

Explore the absurdity of claims about skulls on Mars and media's role in sensationalizing such stories.

Written byPhil Plait
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I don't know what's worse: people who really think they are seeing skulls on Mars, or people in the media who think this is honestly worth reporting. C'mon, The Telegraph: srsly? This is news? I wonder if it's any better than MSNBC posting a picture of two Mexican wrestlers staring at a griddle they think has the Virgin Mary on it. Yes, you read that correctly. Skeptics. Our work will never be done. And, of course:

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Tip o' the Rorschach blotter to BABloggees Spencer Cunningham and Vernon Balbert.

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