I'm half afraid to show this video to my plumber, who's fascinated about the fact that we are cavers, and loves to regale Bill Steele and I with the Hollow Earth stories he's read on the Internet. Despite all that, he's a good and reasonably priced plumber, so we humor him.
If you think these theories are bad, you should look at 25 year-old cell biology theories about membrane fusion. This video is reminiscent of some of the wackier, simplistic ideas from that field. The exciting thing is that the reality (which we're still working on figuring out) is more complicated and yet quite extraordinary. I did feel bad for all the people from China and other Asian countries that I saw swallowed up by the sinkholes in this video, Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) ________________________________________ From: swrcav...@googlegroups.com [swrcav...@googlegroups.com] on behalf of dirt...@comcast.net [dirt...@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 9:12 AM To: Cave NM; Cave Texas; TAG Net Subject: [SWR CAVERS] Sinkholes Sinkholes - perhaps the end of the world is coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLUgEXI9RYI A excellent piece of pseudoscience lumping together unrelated geological phenomena. An offshoot of conspiracy theory thinking, scientifically ignorant, and total BS. Critical thinking suggested. A fine example of "I found it on the internet so it must be true". HOWEVER, they have pulled together some fascinating videos of real-time earth-swallowing events. For that, it is interesting watching, even if you are not about to be sucked into the bowls of the Earth yourself. DirtDoc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to swrcav...@googlegroups.com<mailto:swrcav...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/1621512538.22605130.1466172771305.JavaMail.zimbra%40comcast.net<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/1621512538.22605130.1466172771305.JavaMail.zimbra%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
