I liked the quote because it described kinda where we are now.. a mexican standoff.. good grief..
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > You took a quote with no attribution and said you liked it. I took a quote > with attribution and said I liked it. If I liked a quote from the 1200 then > I'd still give attribution. The point of the quote was: > 1. there is a relationship > 2. it is not an exclusive one > > As for wildly accepted, I have to ask by whom? The scientific community who > still fights about string theory? Who only accept as 'fact' something that > has been tested again and again and codified into very specific guidelines. > Even gravity, which we all accept as existing, can differ based on unknown > variables. > But again, there is the granular scientific and the glossed over public > views. > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Greg Morphis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So we're taking a quote from 1967 and running with it.. hey lets take >> another quote from around 1200 that says the earth is flat... >> >> If there was a known scientific relationship it would be wildly >> accepted.. and you could search and find the answer and know WHY.. but >> we can't.. >> >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Michael Dinowitz >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > "Solar activity, as indicated by sunspots, radio noise and geomagnetic >> > indices, plays a significant but by no means exclusive role in the >> > triggering of earthquakes" - >> > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967E%26PSL...3..417S >> > I like that quote. It says something that you don't want to see. A >> > relationship exists but is in no way exclusive. I think that's the >> problem >> > here. You're looking at it as an all or nothing situation. Solar flares >> > either cause or do not cause earthquakes. The science is seeing the >> > relationship as one part of the equation, not the whole of it. >> > Does a solar flare have an effect on the Earths EM field? If yes, does >> the >> > Earths EM field have an effect on the physical movement and/or nature of >> the >> > planet? If yes, then does the physical movement and/or nature of the >> planet >> > relate to earthquakes? If yes then by the chain rule solar flares have an >> > effect on earthquakes. Not an exclusive effect but an effect none the >> less. >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335140 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
