He did seem to think if he could animate it with a computer the truth would be self evident. Does anyone else wonder what scientists did before computers, a lot of wasted time hand computing mathematics no doubt. Sorry, Fletch, BTW I do not think math is really a waste of time in school at least.
Hi Don,
I do agree that we need to keep open minds in regards to scientific theory... even those theories that appear very solid. I admit I did not view any of the videos presented on the website. But I did read what was available. The fact that subduction was not even mentioned was enough for me to dismiss this guy out of hand. Viewing his videos was just a waste of time and I had already given him enough time reading his absurdities. I also found it ironic that this guy appears to take jabs and make petty offensive statements regarding established scientific theory. It almost appears he has a chip on his shoulder. I mean anyone can make up half cocked theories and present them as valid hypothesis. Charts and graphs and videos can be just as much fluff as much as it can also be defining.
Jon
Jon,
I agree that the guy is probably "out to lunch", but I was at a meeting in the late sixties where geologists heckled the speaker who was advocating plate tectonics. We need to make sure we are open minded to all criticisms of current dogma. In the past many prominent scientists, such as Rutherford, have suppressed new ideas that didn't fit their paradigm ("The energy produced by the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine." Ernst Rutherford).
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