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Originally Posted by Mendel
One more thing, you seem to talk few times about how you put lots of money to this idea.
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The term LOTS Is realive. Relative to me, it's lots. Relative to what's been spent building the satellites that produced the images I'm using, it's a mere pitence.
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Well, it can be a two bladed sword in some cases. Have you thought, maybe because you put so much money to this, you would have harder time admitting if there were any errors in your model? No offence, just a thought!
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That's actually a fair observation and a fair point to raise. I assure you however that I wouldn't have put money into the idea if I didn't think it was important for the idea to be heard, even if not everyone jumps on board at the moment. I'm basically a businessman and I believe in the power of "competition". I'm simply trying to provide a competitive model to the gas model. I'm still certainly open to valid criticism, and I here with the express intent of getting feeback about my model.
On the other hand a lot of scientists make their living on grants related to some study related to the gas model. They are just as apt to not hear me because of the way it affects them financially and how it affects them professionally.
I don't make my living on scientific grants. If I'm wrong, I can just close up my website and walk about anytime I wish. So what if I'm wrong? Who cares? It won't affect my job since I'm a self employed software developer by trade. It would actually save me money were I to find out I was wrong and accept that idea. I'd say I have a lot less at stake than most professional astronomers who've been earning their living by promoting the gas model. That observation should factor into this discussion as well.
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But on the other hand, I think you have just shown that you *are* willing to adjust your model, by changing "ferrite" to "iron" in some cases, where it works better, so there we go!
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I'm not afraid of being wrong nor am I deaf to valid criticisms. I'm not attached to anything but "getting it right". I'll be happy to adjust things as necessary to make things right and I've essentially treated my website as a "blog" of sorts where I've added materials as I've found them and fixed mistakes as I've noticed them and found out about them.
On the other hand I'm VERY pleased with how this model holds up to the scrutiny I've seen to date and I think this process will help me a great deal with the next draft of my manusript. It has certainly been a worthwhile process from my perspective.