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On Dec 24, 2009, at 3:35 PM, James Enterline wrote:
Kenneth Towe is entitled to his own opinion as to the reasonableness of my transfer scenario, but I have already addressed his repeated objections.
His challenge to "come up with a PLAUSIBLE story FIRST for why the Vinland Map has its very peculiar two-line ink" is for many participants over probably many years.
A scenario, by definition, gives particulars of the action in the order in which it takes place, with a description of the scenes. One scene should follow logically from another and the story should be complete. In addressing repeated objections to Jim's scenario he has not logically addressed how the VM ink got its OVERLYING black carbon line. He has not logically explained how his anatase was transferred to the UNDERLYING yellow-brown line. A plausible story to explain this consistent with authenticity is really only for a very few die- hards... essentially the same few who have been trying, unsuccessfully, for over thirty years. Another Vinland Map conference? At this point few others care. Eagerly trying again, with the same worn-out criticisms and the same or similar disjunct theories (opinions)... that don't work? Plausible stories with internal consistency are not their strong suit, but to achieve serious consideration they should be. Simply saying, for example, that a drying sand from a Swiss gneiss might have anatase in it doesn't cut it. Neither does suggesting that some peeling paint fragments with anatase in them might have fallen from a ceiling and been transferred to the ink.
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