>>Not much about the book's thesis has been discussed other than the =
author's idea that the observations conflict with established science. =
He might be right, he might be wrong. It is hard to tell. And even is he
=
is right, it might merely point to an incomplete understanding of =
science.>>
No disagreement from me. I am still "working with" the author in a
sincere
effort to get him to post here.
>> Are the nodules consisting of a material unknown to earth ? And =
even if they are nowhere described, this might merely point to a lack in
=
documentation of such features. The mere finding of something =
unexplained in the literature (to his knowledge) is far from proof of an
=
'emergence from another dimension of space'.>>
As far as I can understand, Petersen makes no claim that they are of an
unknown substance. He does claim that they could not have been formed
under the known laws of physics.
>> People should look at the evidence but =
Petersen's leap to 'extra dimensional' space needs some work.>>
That work, FWIW, is in his book. Glenn and Steve have copies as I
understand.
There are two claims here; I defend neither of them.
1. There is something highly unusual in the geological record around
Phoenix. The anomaly is such that "normal science cannot explain it."
2. There is an extra-dimensional intrusion speculation that explains it
(and other things).
Steve, Glenn and other geologists can focus on the first claim. Should
they agree with Petersen that it is true, THEN it might be time to
address the second claim. As you point out, however, if claim #1 is true,
it does not lead (necessarily) to claim #2. What it might lead to,
however, is some interesting new geological science projects!
Thanks for the additional dialog. Are you a geologist? Having spent most
of my 37 years after collejj in the business (high-tech but still
business-related) world, I no longer claim to be more than casually
acquainted with the physics business. Retired now for over four years, I
suspect that even my market research expertise is woefully out of date!
Burgy
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