Re: Approaching evolutionary geology
- From: don findlay <don@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:51:04 -0700
oriel36 wrote:
It is held that the great Copernicus feared the wrath of the Church in
using his reasons to promote the axial and orbital motion of the Earth
however this perception is untrue and Copernicus feared that lazy
minds capable only of memorisation would not handle the information
correctly,in his own words to the Pope -
"And they did so, it seems to me, not, as some suppose, because they
were in some way jealous about their teachings, which would be spread
around; on the contrary, they wanted the very beautiful thoughts
attained by great men of deep devotion not to be ridiculed by those
who are reluctant to exert themselves vigorously in any literary
pursuit unless it is lucrative; or if they are stimulated to the
nonacquisitive study of philosophy by the exhortation and example of
others, yet because of their dullness of mind they play the same part
among philosophers as drones among bees. When I weighed these
considerations, the scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the
novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to
abandon completely the work which I had undertaken."
Hey, ..that's strong words, ..eh? He wouldn't be the only one on that
score. Which is why change (I mean real change, ..the earth-
shattering, ground-breaking stuff) virtually never comes from the
mainstream. Even those perosnally involved have too much to lose from
pushing it forward. Imagine a George, ..or that old Get, or his like,
or the donkey, ...as a boss, ..and you have it. And yet those are
exactly the sorts of people who find their way into that sort of
position.
Copernicus writing to Pope Paul III
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/year-text-Copernicus.html
That Copernican statement is not directed towards the current dismal
condition but rather a point of departure for a more expansive and
balanced view of natural phenomena.The great strides in astronomy and
geology are made through taking more information into account through
inter-disciplinary relationships while contemporary views or rather
the 'scientific method' is just a dull way to treat the topic,the
empirical cult was known by its traits long before it became dominant
via Newton.Pascal expresses accurately how narrow perceptions borne of
memorisation are unlikely to handle information brought in from other
disciplines and applied to topics such as evolutionary geology.
"When we wish to correct with advantage and to show another that he
errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that
side it is usually true, and admit that truth to him, but reveal to
him the side on which it is false. He is satisfied with that, for he
sees that he was not mistaken and that he only failed to see all
sides. Now, no one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does
not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the fact that
man naturally cannot see everything, and that naturally he cannot err
in the side he looks at, since the perceptions of our senses are
always true.People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which
they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the
mind of others."
Pascal
http://www.leaderu.com/cyber/books/pensees/pensees-SECTION.html
I view the ad hoc solution for crustal motion in the form of
'convection cells' to be such a case where a solution was proposed
without taking into account the wider aspects of planetary geometry,as
a solution it is limited and ultimately unsuited for meshing with the
geological feature of the planet's deviation from a perfect
sphere.Without any doubt I recognise the ease with which genuine
people could adapt to the dynamics of the molten interior
The mantle is solid rock. (The moldten stuff doesn't really come into
the picture. The stuff splurging out of the ridge is due to
depressurisation and volatilisation. Seismic work shows the mantle to
ring like like a bell. Rock solid. It's rock that's going around
(they say), not molten lava. Not only that. If there were any molten
lava then it would be staying still. It's the rock on top of it
that's going round, ..pulled by the subducting slab. I mention this
only because I'll be a dime to a dollar nobody here realises that this
is what Plate Tectonics actually says. And it's this "going around"
driven by the pull of the subducting slab, which is pushed down by the
continental lithosphere,. that drives plate tectonics. That
is., ..the crust pushing the mantle down is driving the whole
caboodle. That's the nonsense they are upholding !! But they don't
know it. So give them a kiss and cuddle and tuck them up, and see how
they are in the morning. That old bugger on his speed though. He's a
different kettle of fish. He should be shot for the table somewhere
in Iran.
however the
situation where nobody is seen to argue against differential rotation
cannot be seen as an affirmation that it supplies the mechanism for
crustal motion and subsequently evolutionary geology.
The use of 'convection cells' affects the ability to appreciate the
composition and viscosity of the interior or rather,creates a
conceptual endpoint whereas differential rotation provides a more
productive link with terrestrial and astronomical disciplines via the
motions of the Earth.
.
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