From: Geoff Forbes [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: Conspiracy of Science Nicholas, While you do indeed make some excellent points, I have to admit that, in the context of a respectful debate, I very much dislike emotionally charged words and name-calling, e.g., cranks, stupidity, ludicrous... Geoffrey A. Forbes, M.S. LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping LLC > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Conspiracy of Science > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:02 -0000 > From: Nicholas Verge <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > References: > <[log in to unmask]> > > Angie, > > I presume you brought this animation to our attention to > entertain us by > showing an example of sheer stupidity and how utterly > wrong-headed > proponents of the Expanding Earth theorey are. It is out > there with those > who claim mankind coexisted with the dinosaurs. Never once > is it ever > explained why the earth would be expanding, or the answers > to the question > if the planet is expanding, what was its initial state and > what will > become of it in the future. Such a hypothesis would be a > reasonable one, > if we were still living in the dark ages (it seems some > still are) knew > next to nothing about physiscs, the Earth and its history. > However, we now > know a huge amount about these and none of it provides any > support for > this ludicrous idea. Another strong peice of geological > evidence that > refutes the idea of an expanding planet is the presence of > convergent > plate boundary zones (subduction zones and major moutain > belts) throughout > earth history. These mark regions where two ro more > lithospheric plates > are, or have been, moving towards each other, a concept > incompatible with > the idea that the Planet is expanding! > > The only thing I am amazed about is the stupidity of the > very small number > of cranks who continue to advocate such nonsense, when > there is an > extremely successful model explaining how and why the > earths lithosphere > moves and one that can successfully explain the great > majority of smaller > scale earth processes, features and phenomena as being a > direct or > indirect result of this motion. I am of course refering to > Plate > Tectonics, driven by convection within the asthenosphere, > probably one of > the all-time most susccessful concepts in the history of > science, along > with evolution, quantum mechanics, the Big Bang and general > relativity. > > > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:48:48 -0000, Angela R Cope > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > This video is a Neal Adams animation about his theory > that the Earth is > > growing. This collides with the Pangea theory. Watch > it, you will be > > amazed. > > > > > http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&resnum=0&q=The+Expanding+Earth+The ory&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title# > > > > > > Angie > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nicholas J. Verge BSc. FGS > Geologist and geological remote sensing/GIS consultant > > Earthscience Technologies > Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK. > > Voice: ++ 44 (0)1491 572022 (office hours 0900-2200UTC, > Monday - Saturday) > Email: [log in to unmask]