Oб уходе за альтернативными теориями

[ymarkov]

Прочитал книгу Томаса Голда "The Deep Hot Biosphere". Автор убедительно агитирует против господствующей теории биологического происхождения природного газа, нефти, и многих видов угля. Заодно отмечает, с каким завидным упорством и постоянством сторонники господствующих теорий игнорируют факты, которые противоречат этим теориям.

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[bringing-peace.livejournal.com]

вам-бы в антисемит_ру апикойрес_ру, а то они не верят, что люди не слушают логических обьяснений.

*тоже хочу прочитать эту книгу*

[ymarkov.livejournal.com]

Смотрел я туда. Неинтересно. (Впрочем, Антидос и Злата, кажется, читают меня.)

Цитата из Голда: "These are all features [indicating non-biological origin of crude oil and natural gas] that have yet to be explained by the reigning theories, so particular attention is due them, rather than the neglect that inexplicable phenomena tend to receive in modern scientific literature). The history of science offers example after example of apparently inexplicable features for which perfectly rational explanations were finally found. In nearly all such cases, assumptions that were universally believed obscured the truth so effectively that no progress toward a solution seemed possible. Yet it is to just such apparently inexplicable features that we must hope to find clues that will show us how to unburden ourselves of false beliefs.

"Speculation is a vital step in this process. It was once speculated that the earth revolved around the sun. Without this speculation, I do not think that any systematic avenue of research would have have produced the evidence that clinched that theory." (End of Chapter 10)

[mishkaegli.livejournal.com]

and what is their origin according to him?

[ymarkov.livejournal.com]

Primordial. The man was an astronomer by training, but liked to dabble in other areas. (Most of his theories in these areas turned out to be right.) When significant quantities of hydrocarbons were detected in planetary nebulae, it occurred to him that these would be trapped during formation of planets and then upwell on a constant basis.

You can browse the book at Amazon.com.