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76 pages of results. 461. Velikovsky: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [Journals] [SIS Review]
... evidence emerges, the list of theories about recent catastrophes grows longer (When the Earth Nearly Died [3 ] compiles an impressive array of data.) 2. The idea that global catastrophes can be caused by extraterrestrial agents' received a mighty boost from Luis Alvarez, who showed that the impact of an asteroid was largely responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Such ideas are now acceptable, provided they deal with extraterrestrial agents' and catastrophes in the distant past. 3. Can these agents really be identified? This is the weakest of Velikovsky's cornerstones. Was it Venus? Mars? Saturn? None of the above? We may never figure out which planet or comet ...
... planet, and were therefore cut by the electric current into the mysterious perpendicular columns in which we find them. The ancient Druids held these columnar pillars in the deepest veneration, especially those of Staffa. Similar pentagonal pillars are found on the edge of the crater of Coon Butte, leaving the inference that we actually find in that small, extinct volcano, not merely a meteor, but the heart of some former planet, which by fortuitous circumstances was hurled on earth in Arizona. COLUMNAR Another objection to the theory that earthquakes and eruptions are caused by the pressure of lava seeking an outlet, and so select a "weakness," or "fault," in the earth's ...
463. What is Uniformitarianism and how did it get here? [Journals] [Horus]
... It was in this atmosphere that Darwin made the headlines, and the rest is history. After some early skirmishes, Darwin's "theory of evolution" won the day - a mechanistic theory of evolution subservient to and dependent upon geological uniformitarianism: gradual change over eons, with no violent jumps. Discontinuities in the fossil record, evidence of mass extinctions - all this was swept under the carpet. The new picture was one of long-term stability and imperceptible change. There was no evidence of and, indeed, no need for a divine presence. It is unfortunate that these crusty notions have shaped the present dilemma of geology. The political issues were settled long ago, but geology is ...
464. Remarks from the Portland Symposium 3-5 Jan 1997 [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... its own right. The Saturnians, Dave, Ev and Dwardu presented a salvo of compelling mythological work which we are hoping to take on the road to the Whole Life Expos this spring and summer. Robert Bass unveiled new orbital dynamic material produced by his own orrery program, palaeontologist Robert Dunlap showed clips from 4 of his video productions about extinctions and meteor craters and after some prompting and cajoling, managed to get a handle on Ted Holden's sauropod scaling argument. C. J. Ransom provided much needed comic relief with his witticisms and ironies regarding basic resistance to Velikovskian catastrophism. And it was generally agreed at the Monday meeting that Roger Wescott's suggestion that the term "catastrophism" ...
465. Focus [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... . 4. This deals with geomagnetic reversals, though not of the Warlow type (which presumably New Scientist knows of!), and the view expressed is that a geomagnetic reversal can be expected within 1200 years. However: - "Quite what effect a reversal would have is an open question. Some theorists have linked reversals to mass extinctions of creatures such as dinosaurs, but there is no hard evidence of such cataclysms." This statement is a simple untruth It is shocking that a journal purporting to be scientific could utter it. In the context of a continuing Velikovsky affair, it becomes at least understandable, but it implies the knowledge and even the connivance of the ...
466. Letters [Journals] [SIS Review]
... more slender neck and the eye-ring instead of owl-mask. The attitude of the bird is typical of an excited parrot spreading its wings and erecting its neck feathers while calling. Several parrot species of Central America may fit this general picture. However, I could find none with a forward-bent tuft on the forehead. Either it is a parrot now extinct in Central America or the tuft belongs not to the bird but to the symbols in the water being poured over the bird. In any case, the tuft and the raised neck feathers cannot be confused with the ear-tufts of an owl. Is anything known about parrots in Mayan myth and folklore? Dr G. THIERS University of Antwerp ...
467. Thoth [Journals] [Thoth]
... an Alien Sky." Notebook, with 24.95 images and narrative by David Talbott. [ ] "The Electric Universe." CD Rom on the 44.00 work of Wallace Thornhill. [ ] "The Electric Universe." Notebook, with 24.95 slide images and comments by Wallace Thornhill. [ ] "Mass Extinctions" VHS of film on the impact 30.00 that killed the dinosaurs. R Dunlap producer [ ] Subscription to AEON: A Journal of Myth 45.00 and Science. SUBTOTAL __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Shipping and Handling 5.00 TOTAL __ __ __ __ ...
468. Aster and Disaster: The Fallen World [Journals] [Kronos]
... defect, degenerate, deteriorate; decay and despair (via French) dis-, "apart", as in disrupt, disintegrate; disappear, disorder, and dismember (with French bases); and disaster (with a Greek base) ex-, "out", as in exile, expel, explode, exterminate, and extinct The Greek-derived equivalent of de- is, of course, cata- as in catastrophe, cataclysm, catalepsy, catatonia, and catabolism (" break-down") . Among unborrowed English words, the only ones whose caducity of import seems as great as that of the borrowed words just cited are native composites, such as the deverbative compound ...
469. Thoth Vol canoes" on the Jovian moon Io, [Journals] [Thoth]
... an Alien Sky." Notebook, with 24.95 images and narrative by David Talbott. [ ] "The Electric Universe." CD Rom on the 44.00 work of Wallace Thornhill. [ ] "The Electric Universe." Notebook, with 24.95 slide images and comments by Wallace Thornhill. [ ] "Mass Extinctions" VHS of film on the impact 30.00 that killed the dinosaurs. R Dunlap producer [ ] Subscription to AEON: A Journal of Myth 40.00 and Science. The key source of continuing articles on the Saturn theory (and now, the electric universe as well). [ ] "Catastrophism Archive CD." ...
470. Bookshelf [Journals] [SIS Review]
... ideas are so radical that academic libraries have been warned not to buy the book. Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Darwinism by M.J . Behe, 1996, $25 As the title suggests this is a new slant on the subject of evolution, indicating that more than Darwinistic mechanisms must be involved. The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy by Charles Officer and J. Page, 1996, $23.00 No, not another book about the CT impact but a refutation of this theory by some geologists. It seems that the theory has gained acceptance due more to the pushing power of its protagonists than the strength of the palaeontological evidence. The final pages are ...
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