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Originally Posted by ExpErdMann
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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? |
That attitude is not for "everyone" its for SCHOOLS. Schools do not teach fringe science, they only teach what is well established. It is the responsibility of good scientists to be open minded - which in this case means you must open-mindedly look at the evidence and realize your position is wrong.
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gave four different mechanisms above. The increase in mass mechanism is just one.
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Huh? Are you saying the earth can get bigger without getting more massive? Thats self-contradictory (unless of course the earth has a hollow center).
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No less or more than the plate tectonics theory.
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A further misunderstanding of the evidence and of the scientific method itself. Plate techtonics is hard science. It is a thoroughly proven theory (which is to say 99% or better, but not obviously ever 100%).
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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.
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Actually, you both have it right and have it backwards. You avoid the scientific method because you think you have all the answers (or maybe you are afraid to find out/admit that you don't) and your opinions are already fixed in stone. Any good scientist knows he does not have all the answers. Apply the scientific method and you will find that you are wrong in this case.