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I totally agree with Malcolm; I like this list exactly because people is not scared to write about geology and flying spaghetti monster (by the way, being italian, thank you for the spaghetti....); and is very very easy to delete an email message if you don't like it, the real problem will come when we will have only discussions about "established certainties" - which is by definition the dead of science best regards Alessandro On 4 May 2011 at 16:06, Malcolm McClure wrote: > > Dear All: > Whilst I agree that this is not the place to discuss controversial > possibilities in depth, I deplore Dr Rippington's disparaging subject > line above. Science is surely about reaching beyond established > categories of knowledge. Thinking 'outside the box' is surely to be > encouraged, and questions coming from the sidelines can sometimes > cause us to reconsiderthe so-called 'established certainties'. The > Expanding Earth is as much a philosophical challenge as a scientific > question, because scientific evidence can so easily be adapted to fit > anticipated reality. There have been many occasions in the past when > earth science has moved forward reluctantly in the face of new > interpretations of the data, as those of us who remember the early > days of plate tectonics have good cause to remember. > > We should consider well-intended suggestions with due humility, > rejecting those that are unfounded with charitable comment and storing > away better ideas for future use, if and when appropriate. > > Cheers > Malcolm > On 4 May 2011, at 08:17, Stephen Rippington wrote: > Hopefully, most of the people who subscribe to Geo-tectonics are like > me, and will have deleted this email based on the obviously silly > subject before bothering to read it. For the rest of you…. > > Dear Geo-tectonics list, > > I love to have a laugh as much as the next guy, but Geo-tectonics > appears to have taken a turn for the hippy and surreal in recent days. > I think it’s great that everyone’s getting involved in these > discussions, but I’m not sure a mailing list is the correct forum for > debate. > > For those who havedatathere is a perfectly decent peer-review system > in place, where you can write up your ideas and get the undivided > attention of at least two reviewers! Please by all means ask questions > of the geologists on the list, but maybe those who feel they would > like to reply could use some judgment as to whether the rest of the > mailing list needs to see their reply. > > Is there not a group on a social networking website that the free > thinkers out there could post their ideas on, and everyone else could > send their replies to? > > I think the recent explosion of wackiness and the plethora of replies > that I seem to get warrants everyone taking a moment to think about > how they use this list. That way we can all keep enjoying the > extremely valuable and useful aspects of Geo-Tectonics without it > becoming a massive pain in the inbox. > > Cheers > > Steve > > --------------------------------------------- > Dr Stephen Rippington > > Geologist > Arctic Research and Database Project > CASP, University of Cambridge > 181a Huntingdon Road > Cambridge CB3 0DH > Email:[log in to unmask] > > > > > > ------------------------- Alessandro Maria Michetti Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Ambientali Università dell'Insubria Via Valleggio, 11, 22100 Como tel: ++39.031 326231 fax: ++39.031 326230 office: +39 3386192982 personal: +39 3298977014 http://www.uninsubria.eu/research/chemenviro/cv_Michetti.htm