Re: A testing time..

On Jan 23, 5:08 am, don findlay <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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How *would*  you interrogate the geological record to confirm or deny
the apparently obvious, which is that the separation of  retrofittable
continents by the ocean floors means that the Earth has got
bigger.    ??

I've gone through this before, with my own theorems; so I can
illustrate my method of proving new, physical theorems.

1. First I derived them in three independent ways.

2. Then I generated random, artificial, plausible data; calculated my
theory's predictions to 11 decimal places; and compared these with
long, exact calculations, using accepted theory, to 11 decimal places.
(I was my worst enemy).

The first thing you may want to do is show that your theory is just as
good at predicting what we have observed or measured as the previous
theory of plate tectonics. It requires that you know both theories
very well.

The hard part is now finding predictions of both theories that differ
measurably: very measurably. This is actually why I posted the
'proseminar' on arced island arcs, which plate tectonics fails to
predict. However, you wish to find a variety of useful predictions
that you hope are unrelated.

You may now be able to collate data from published literature and
calculate these predictions, or you may need to measure a new property
yourself. (Let's hope not.)

Because I have no time even to write papers long overdue for attempted
publication, I'm an unlikely candidate to study both theories and
attempt this. However, those who do should be clear about which layers
of the Earth need to expand for your theory to work: the crust, the
oceanic crust, the continental crust, the crust and upper mantle, &c.

It is not necessary that you explain why the Earth expands (though
this draws peoples' attention). I'm unable to explain why many of my
theorems work.

Good luck, Mr Phelps. (My granddaughter's time takes precedent,
sorry.)

<SNIP>


Bruce

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