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To: dockkiller

Seriously? A comic book artist? I tried to read the gibberish you provided, and while the author seems to have grasped some very basic principles of plate tectonics, other geomorphological concepts like, um, erosion, are ignored - forget about isostatic rebound, accreted terranes, or hot spots. I did watch one of the videos, and I’ve got to admit, it was pretty slick - too bad he pulled the “facts” out of his ass.

You are correct, we have not directly observed the Earth’s core. Our concept is admittedly speculation, but it is based on observation and the application of scientific principles and how they relate to the data, i.e. the characteristics of wave as they pass through different media and the nature of electromagnetic fields.

Wegener did not develop tectonic theory - he hypothesized about continental drift (his observations were later used in in the development of tectonic theory), and he did so in 1915 while recovering from injuries as a patient in a German military hospital.

As far as tectonic theory not “making sense”, what are the weaknesses? (and please don’t quote cartoonist Neal Adams) How does modern tectonic theory fail to describe the data in the most parsimonious manner?


24 posted on 08/11/2010 9:04:35 AM PDT by stormer
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To: stormer
Da Vinci was a good cartoonist too. Debate is what allows science to progress.

Don't forget,
In 1970 we were going into an ice age. Now it's warming up.

In 1998 scientists believed the universe was expanding and slowing down. Now it's speeding up.

Barry Marshall cured stomach cancer because he didn't accept settled science.

I won't pretend to be a world class scientist, but I can read and think.

25 posted on 08/11/2010 9:48:26 AM PDT by dockkiller (COME AND TAKE IT.)
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To: stormer

Just ignore the troll.


35 posted on 08/11/2010 5:00:25 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
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