Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: "Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth" Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:36:39 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 53 Message-ID: <63ACA8D7.3974@ix.netcom.com> References: <638EF297.2EE@ix.netcom.com> <1bFpL.56217$t5W7.8617@fx13.iad> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e78d886f34937f669cda27043938f1a8"; logging-data="73030"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/kJcy9WSXaxXZTmNw4K9R5HzTWfNI7k8c=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:stFkvMY8R8SfFCRJJP4yLZD1WjU= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 221228-6, 12/28/2022), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:598458 Aether Regaind wrote: > > Thomas Heger:> Am 24.12.2022 um 16:48 schrieb BeamMeUpScotty: > > > Therefore I have spent almost ten years on that subject of 'Growing > > Earth' and found countless hints into this direction. > > > > I also found a large number of arguments, why and how the competiting > > theory called 'plate tectonics' must be wrong. > > > > Some are very simple and totally obvious: > > > > For instance the Earth is entirely covered with plates. These plates > > need to move upon the planet to allow 'subduction'. > > > > Plate tectonics assumes now kind of 'conveyor belt mechanism' for plate > > movements, but Earth is actually spherical (as are the plates). > > > > On a sphere the parts of that sphere need to 'scratch' along the > > neighboring plates or push them away, before they could move a tiny bit, > > since these plates cannot climb over the neighboring plates. And such > > enromous sratches or compressions are not observed, hence plates need to > > push the neighboring plates sideways, before they could move. This is > > so, because plates are part of a spherical shell of the Earth, hence > > have a roughly hexagonal form (otherwise they could not cover the entire > > Earth, like on a soccer ball). > > > > Now this form has the greatest width roughly in the middle and a > > relatively small edge at the front (in any possible direction). > > > > So, the middle part of a hexagon needs to push plates further sideways, > > than plates can vanish underneeth other plates, because the edge in > > front is shorter than a plate is wide in the middle. > > > > IOW plates got stuck in the middle of other plates and cannot possibly > > move according to plate tectonics 'conveyor belt mechanism'. > > > > > > TH > > > > The growing earth theory sounds interesting, though highly implausible. > Good links to resources on this theory would be much appreciated. TH IS the link! -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.