Re: KRS book: Geology

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:44:58 +0100, "Peter Alaca" <P.Alaca@xxxxxx>
wrote:

>Eric Stevens wrote
>
>> It should by now be clear that I can't understand the reasons for your
>> insistence that Ojakangas should have shown more data points on his
>> triangle diagram than he did. I'm quite happy to accept that he showed
>> the coordinates for the composition of the KRS and those North
>> American Greywackes of a composition closest to that of the KRS.
>> I see no point in showing the composition of all those very many
>> materials of a more widely different composition.
>
>Then you have a problem.
>
>Last try.
>Let's go back, up this sub-thread, to your post
>dd Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:29:02 +1300,
>which includes Michael Zalar's original post and
>Daryl Krupa's reaction.
>Start with rereading Daryl's comment, and then
>your own.
>
>My problem is the assumption in your comment
> "Ojakangas plotted six different types of greywacke
> on his particular triangle diagram and almost certainly
> *examined many more specimens he did not consider*
> *worth plotting*."
>
>To put it boldly: It is not for him to decide what
>is worth presenting or not.
>If he examined all types of grauwacke from
>every possible location of origin (and not only from
>the Animikie basin), then it is his duty as a scientist
>to present _all_ his results, and not only those that
>point in a certain direction.

You are asking that the decision as to the best match of the KRS to
the local greywacke be done not by Ojakangas but by his readers.

By the same argument, if you were told to find in a crowded railway
station the person whose description best matches 1.93m tall, 124kg
weight and with short red hair you would list everybody, including the
1.1m dwarf with a red nose and long flowing black hair.

>He can conclude that the krs-grauwacke probably
>originated in the Animikie basin, but it must always
>be possible for others to form an independent opinion.
>
>Bear in mind that I do not say that Ojakangas withheld
>information, only that you say he "almost certainly" did.
>If I trust you, I must distrust him.



Eric Stevens

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