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181 pages of results. 641. The Scars of Mars Part I [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... Mars' craters and asteroids. Commensurability- comparison of the numbers of Mars' craters and asteroids. Geography- the Hemisphere of Craters on the surface of Mars. Geography- the scattershot pattern of craters on Mars. Geography- the rimming of larger craters by smaller craters. Geography- the masked radial pattern of craters from the subpoint. Physical geography- the evidence of bulging in the opposite hemisphere. Physical geography- the region of vulcanism in the opposite hemisphere. Physical geography- rifting: indication of an increased mass for Mars. Astrophysics- capture probabilities for the two satellites of Mars. Astrophysics- modeling and the retrograde motion of Deimos and Phobos. Astrophysics- five forces ...
642. Jerusalem -- City of Venus [Journals] [Kronos]
... a capital city, Albright regarded "this act of David [as] sheer political genius."(5 ) But David obviously had far more than political considerations in mind when he created a capital for his kingdom. The "City of David" was intended to be both "the religious and civil centre of the State, the physical symbol of Hebrew unity"- "not only a capital, but also a shrine."(6 ) Once David secured his court at Jerusalem, a decision was taken to move the Ark of the Covenant,(7 ) symbol and substance of Israel's faith, into the city. With much religious pomp and ceremony, this ...
643. Celestial fireworks [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... Cochrane, and Dwardu Cardona in respect of my first acquaintance with catastrophist theories for the origin of mythology. Much of the model here presented is in accordance with their ideas. Yet, as can easily be seen, my own model differs in several important respects and should therefore be classified separately. Limitations of the model Considerations of what is physically possible and what is not have been downplayed to an absolute minimum in the process of reconstructing the archetypal myth, not because such an interdisciplinary approach would not be very rewarding, but because each discipline first has to extend its conclusions as far as possible within its own boundaries before comparison with the results of other disciplines can be made. ...
644. Thoth Vol III, No. 2: Jan 31, 1999 [Journals] [Thoth]
... of order and intelligibility we see filling the real world. Outside its domain of validity, that simplified and reduced world of ideal equations has turned out to be a prison of determinism, an exile of impoverishment. We have become captives of our own simplifying assumptions. Ilya Prigogine and his associates have worked out a reformulation of the laws of physics that accounts for irreversible time (see his The End of Certainty). They incorporate insights from instability physics, resonant systems, and non-equilibrium states. In this reformulation, probability and uncertainty become essential, rather than begrudged concessions to ignorance. The old, deterministic physics becomes a special case within the new, more general formulation: When ...
645. The Organization of the Solar System, Part II: A Galactic Capture Hypothesis [Journals] [Aeon]
... , one of the basses has dyslexia, and scans the lyrics backward. So it is with the spin direction of one of the planets (Venus). The serious investigator of this subject should probably be advised here to acquire an astronomical atlas or a basic textbook in astronomy which includes the following tables in the back: 1. The physical data for the planets 2. The orbital data for the planets 3. The physical data for the satellites 4. The orbital data for the satellites. Data relating to the distances and directions of the nearer stars is also desirable. Familiarizing oneself with the planetary characteristics will be quite helpful. Gyroscopic Theory Some people might describe a certain ...
646. Forum [Journals] [SIS Review]
... to compete with surviving species. This idea is now widely discredited: far too much of the evidence points to extinction by catastrophes which were wide-scale, perhaps global in their scope. It is not known whether those catastrophes were of terrestrial or extra-terrestrial origin; but it is clear that no amount of adaptation could enable species to resist the overwhelming physical calamities that beset them and their habitats. Thus while the catastrophes were phenomena of Nature in the broadest sense, to describe their action as natural selection' would be to stretch Darwin's concept beyond its breaking point. However, Darwin's invocation of natural selection to explain the phenomenon of diversity remains the bastion of his hypothesis. He said we ...
647. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Collision need to be exposed before people realise and accept the utter futility of pursuing Velikovsky's brand of planetary catastrophism? In The Cosmic Winter (Oxford and Cambridge MA, 1990) Victor Clube and Bill Napier present a refined and more clearly described version of their model first presented in 1982 in The Cosmic Serpent. Their model encompasses a quite compelling physical scenario which accounts for much, if not all, of the data compiled by Whiston, Radlof, Donnelly, Velikovsky et al. in a plausible astronomical framework. I encourage all readers to examine The Cosmic Winter and see if it is not a satisfying alternative to Worlds in Collision. To those who believe one is not a catastrophist ...
648. Schools of Thought - A Reply [Journals] [SIS Review]
... there is and can be no such thing as a datum describable in independence of theory, and rival theories will each give their own account of whatever "data" are submitted. It is just at this point, I think, that one can detect the basic fallacy. If the assumption that we live in a world surrounded by real physical objects is in some sense a theory, it is true that any language in which we can describe data is theory-laden, since it is impossible to describe data except in a language derived from talk about physical objects (5 ). But, I would claim, our ordinary language about physical objects does give us a method of referring ...
... unbearable state of affairs the Lord Marduk rose and split the monster right through, making the Earth out of one half and the heavens out of the other; he also killed all the crew of terrible monsters that attended her. ' Berossus, with great openheartedness, assures us that this myth need only be valued as an allegorical description of physical events. The equation: Om'orqa =Thamte, that is, Tiãmat = thalassa, or sea, and the fact that the numerical value of the monster's name is equal to that of selene, or Moon, are most significant. Om'orqa means, in Aramaic, Mother of the Depths', and Armenian tradition- Eusebius's Chronikon has come ...
650. The Saturn Problem [Journals] [SIS Review]
... line resembling a cosmic shish-kebab. From the vantage point of the Earth, Saturn would have loomed behind the smaller planets Mars and Venus, producing an array of spectacular visual phenomena. Jupiter would have been the main body in the system but as it lay behind Saturn it would have been invisible. I am not qualified to comment on the physics involved here but theoretically the Saturnist model could explain the strange myths about Saturn's primeval importance, its Sun-like appearance, the myths of a Golden Age which ended in catastrophe, the associations of Saturn with the Pole and much more. A Pause for Thought .. .On the other hand, it barely needs stating that there are immense ...
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