Re: KRS book: Geology

Steve Marcus wrote:
"Peter Alaca" wrote
Eric Stevens wrote:
"Peter Alaca" 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.


Did you stop reading here or have you
difficulties understanding what I write?

Probably both. 

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.


No, we are looking for a train where all
(or most) passengers look like that, and
we must be sure that there is not more
than one train meeting that condition.


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.


I fail to see any progress, so I stop the discussion
from this side.


Gee, Peter, you beat him to the punch. Normally, when he
can't employ sufficient squink to out argue someone,
Stevens declares defeat by "putting that someone on ignore."


I suppose that has something to to with a difference
in discussion style between you and me.
And I don't have  the power of my own language and
(therefore?) the stamina to create a 100 feet thread,
as is quite ususal between you and Eric.

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