Thread: a new twist- Earth is growing

I'm totally jumping on this guy's bandwagon.
I never could quite understand the theory that earth's surface is made of plates that slide all over the place like bumper cars, hence this mkes sense on so many levels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjgidAICoQI

for those who still wonder bout the formation of mountains check this out:

http://www.continuitystudios.net/mountains.html

Oh my days! That guys voice in the second one, made me want to shoot myself! - And if that were all true where the hell did all the sea come from?

That's pretty stupid, if you ask me. We've got plenty enough evidence of subduction zones, suture zones, etc. Also, like Adam said, where the hell does the extra matter come from?

Originally Posted by thegnome54

That's pretty stupid, if you ask me. We've got plenty enough evidence of subduction zones, suture zones, etc. Also, like Adam said, where the hell does the extra matter come from?

Where does any matter come from.

What a question...

You ask as if pretending you believe she has an answer?

I envy your ignorance, more than mine.

Teutonic plates? That is old accepted news. Interesting new theory.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Te...mages&ct=title


What makes new mountains? , earthquakes, volcanoes?

Sharp digital images making old science obsolete, perfectly.

Does this really belong in philosophy?

Could we maybe get a move to extended discussion?

Originally Posted by ClouD

Where does any matter come from.

What a question...

You ask as if pretending you believe she has an answer?

I envy your ignorance, more than mine.

Not from between your ears.

That is a valid question.
He does not ask where matter itself comes form. The "extra matter"
ya know the matter it would it would take to constitute the expansion.
Magma? pphhht.

Originally Posted by Howie

That is a valid question.
He does not ask where matter itself comes form. The "extra matter"
ya know the matter it would it would take to constitute the expansion.

Thank you. Not to mention, with a different mass the Earths' orbit would have been markedly different, and the moon might not have even been held in orbit around us. The whole thing is just kind of under-thought.

I hate it when people come up with ideas so ridiculous that they have to spend all of their time explaining them to people and never get around to actually thinking it through themselves. i.e. Plato and his 'idea world' bullshit.

It may seem odd or hard to believe to those pathologically thinking inside the box, but really, it is no more unfathomable or hard to believe than a complex living organism growing from a single cell or our entire universe expanding outward from a singularity in space. What sense does any of it make? Exactly... it doesn't.

It's so funny to me when people act as if they have it all figured out. Such arrogance is actually wrought from a desperation to make sense of it all, and a clear lack of understanding of the experience. Continuing to search for answers outside will always inevitably find you scratching your head in humility and dismay.

Scientists and other bean counters need to learn how to get down off their high horse from time to time...