tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post3561874168441318860..comments2023-10-29T06:33:26.576-07:00Comments on Oil Is Mastery: The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific ResearchOilIsMasteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-51310278062155044932009-03-03T00:08:00.000-08:002009-03-03T00:08:00.000-08:00I think that perfection is the important element i...I think that perfection is the important element in science. Wherever a wrong answer is stated, it bugs the crap out of me until it gets resolved. I'm no grad student or anything, more of a self taught hydrologic tech.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-39136948565054214642009-03-02T02:16:00.000-08:002009-03-02T02:16:00.000-08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmXp65Ky3hw&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmXp65Ky3hw&feature=sdig&et=1235911304.32<BR/><BR/>EnjoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-20925628313863065772009-03-01T14:33:00.000-08:002009-03-01T14:33:00.000-08:00COMFORT & CONFIDENCE LEAD TO SCIENTIFIC STAGNA...COMFORT & CONFIDENCE LEAD TO SCIENTIFIC STAGNATION.<BR/><BR/>This paper bings up an important point: People (scientists are people, too, you know) want to be comfortable & confident.<BR/><BR/>As a result of this human emotional need, people cling to the familiar. This website has chronicled this reality in the scientfic community. First, it was in the area of oil geology, more broadly, hydrocarbon geophysics.<BR/><BR/>While the scientific evidence and in situ observations & measurements clearly support the Abiotic Oil theory of hydrocarbon formation in the Earth's crust, that hardly seems to matter to oil geologists (at least publically).<BR/><BR/>Second, it was, again, in the area of geology, this time in the study of the movements of the Earth's crust. The vast majority of geologists hold to the Subduction, Continental Drift theory, even though the scientific evidence is scanty for subduction and wholesale continental drift. A scanty amount of evidence has been repeated and reverberated as in an echo chamber until the deceptive appearance of a substantial body of scientific evidence has been created.<BR/><BR/>In another chamber, a vast collection of scientific evidence resides, standing forlornly, too full to permit useless echoing that supports the proposition that Earth is expanding.<BR/><BR/>And finally, astronomers stand over their mathematical equations amplifying an all-encompassing theory of gravity that increasingly leads them to dream up objects, phenomenon, and energies that have never been observed & measured in an endless effort to preserve and ratify the all-encompassing theory.<BR/><BR/>Without all these unobserved exotics the gravity "only" model is falsified.<BR/><BR/>So dream on, they do.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, right, here, on Earth, in plasma physics laboratories and aboard scientific satellites sent into space to make in situ measurements, electromagnetism is constantly being observed & measured, yet, most astronomers seem blithly unaware or incurious.<BR/><BR/>What do these three situations have in common?<BR/><BR/>A large body of scientists are satisfied with a sense of comfort and confidence, giving them a false sense of security which leads to scientific stagnation.<BR/><BR/>The scientists ignore the humble sense of uncertainty tugging at their sleeve, which, if confronted, would eventually lead to further discoveries.<BR/><BR/>How much faster would science progress if only scientists of all stripes would give up their comfort and confidence and face the vast body of scientific evidence available for their consideration if only they would let go of their blankets?<BR/><BR/>It's a question that desperately needs to be answered.Anacondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522474791573134808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-87344996505387030022009-03-01T12:27:00.000-08:002009-03-01T12:27:00.000-08:00Sinner, Welcome. I agree 100%Glad you enjoy it.Re...Sinner, <BR/><BR/>Welcome. I agree 100%<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoy it.<BR/><BR/>Regards...=)OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-58075502227734204162009-03-01T12:02:00.000-08:002009-03-01T12:02:00.000-08:00I think this speaks to one of the most profound tr...I think this speaks to one of the most profound truths of all.<BR/><BR/>Socrates himself is thought to have said "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."<BR/><BR/>I enjoy reading your blog and I think your point of view is worth expressing.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com