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Originally Posted by CraigS
It seems to me that the community, in general, is very quick to adopt speculative ideas, and frequently overlook the scientific distinctions which underpin how the information should be positioned in our thinking.
Scientific philosophy is just as significant as observational data.
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Originally Posted by astroron
Craig, I would have thought nearly eighty years for this hypothesis to hang around was a reasonable time for it to fall out of favour  |
Ron .. elapsed time doesn't disprove a hypothesis. Technology improvements may or other theories may make make advances, thus obviating the need for the original hypothesis. In the other thread (about the hypothesised hot Jupiter in the Oort Cloud) …
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Recent scientific analysis no longer supports the idea that extinctions on Earth happen at regular, repeating intervals. Thus, the Nemesis hypothesis is no longer needed.
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.. a perfect example of what I'm saying. It just hasn't happened in the case of the Oort Cloud .. so it persists … which is fine .. I have no problems with its existence (nor have I said this, as best I can recall …)
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Originally Posted by astroron
Craig, surely you can give us an inkling of an idea that we can build on as to what else could be out there.
It is alright to knock the wall down but you should have some thing to put up in it's place  |
I'm not aware of any walls I've knocked down, Ron .. could you please elaborate ?
And I have no desire to hypothesise about anything at the moment.
Whilst I appreciate your request, I respectfully decline your invitation.
Cheers & Regards.