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Re:What's the third most common element? by gpvos on Thursday June 11, 2015 @06:24AM (#9698749)
Still can't conclude it from just the data presented here.
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Re:What's the third most common element? by raverbashing on Thursday June 11, 2015 @06:39AM (#9698806)
You have to explain more than that
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Re:What's the third most common element? by weego on Thursday June 11, 2015 @07:02AM (#9698873)
You provided a conjecture based on incomplete data as fact, he stated that it's conjecture until additional data to support it is there... the burden in this situation is not on him.
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Re:What's the third most common element? by raverbashing on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:20AM (#9699187)
> You provided a conjecture based on incomplete data as fact,

No, I never said it is a fact, it is, as you pointed, a conjecture, and I provided a source (ok, wikipedia) for the amount of water in the universe

If you or him knows of a reason for why the most common elements in the universe that combine easily wouldn't result in an abundance of their combination I'm all ears.

(Which doesn't mean the amount of water is going to be near the amount of H2 or just the amount of Hydrogen present in the stars)

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Re:What's the third most common element? by gpvos on Thursday June 11, 2015 @10:13AM (#9699797)
Yeah, I was a bit out of line there, sorry. It is pretty common knowledge that H and O combine easily.
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