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Originally Posted by russ_watters
No. You kinda have it backwards. If it were respectable and mainstream TODAY, it would be taught in schools.
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You're just saying cheers for the status quo. How far would science have gotten if everyone had that attitude?
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EE is not a scientific theory because there is no evidence to support its main requirement, ie in order for the earth to expand, it must be either gaining matter from the solar system or generating it from inside.
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I gave four different mechanisms above. The increase in mass mechanism is just one.
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A better characterization is that it is an early and failed HYPOTHESIS.
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No less or more than the plate tectonics theory.
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Maybe I need to put a link to a site on the scientific method in my sig. Its a real problem with a lot of the threads here.
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The real problem is people want to believe we have all the answers, when in truth we do not. The scientific method is abused all the time by those whose opinions are already fixed in stone.