Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:
"It is also a possibility that the asteroids and comets that collided with the Earth might have been destroyed, literally vaporised, during attempted delivery of their volatiles and organics because of high impact temperatures and pressures related to extreme collisional velocities."
Natalie Starkey
Starkey, N. (2018). Catching Stardust. Comets, asteroids and the birth of the solar system. Bloomsbury Sigma.
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