Re: plate tectonics is based on what assumptions?



On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:39:47 -0700, Timberwoof
<timberwoof.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In an obscure thread in this ng that you Real Geologists wouldn't touch
with a ten-foot pole, this Don Findlay person wrote that plate tectonics
theory is "based on the assumption of a panthalassa." I wrote that that
is wrong. Plate tectonics theory is based on the assumption that
physics, geochemistry, geophysics, thermodynamics, fluid flow,
seismography, astronomic theories on planetary formation, and so forth
are correct. (Observations and interpretations follow, with the
conclusion that the curst consists of plates that move around ... and
that the continents were stuck together in various supercontinent
configurations in the past.)

Of course, since you Real Geologists know better than to waste your time
arguing with that funny little man who won't talk to you at geodynamics
conferences down under, none of you read that, nobody answered me, and
now he's dancing with glee. Maybe he thinks I'm as lonely as he is. Not
that I actually care what Don "200 years of physics is wrong" Findlay
thinks?I just want to know whether my assessment is on target.

At a most basic level a discussion cannot exist where there is
dishonesty. Would you mind providing a link where Don said, "200
years of physics is wrong" since you placed it in quotes, to signify
it was his statement. The only person I remember making that
statement is you, claiming it is what Don is saying, not that he said
it.

It is not a small point, since you are the one making all sorts of
claims as to what is or is not EE, then claiming it is the position of
those giving evidence for it.

It is not only dishonest, but a sign of desperation. You have nothing
so you make things up.

JT
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