scientists like information, not mysticism
Posted by John Vidale on October 21, 2003 at 19:03:07:

My doubts arise from your claim to be decades ahead of the regular earthquake research community, while at the same time you lack knowledge of many building blocks of earthquake physics. I've never heard you name any expert that you've talked with. Nor seen any paper that you've written. Nor seen any statistics that your methods have any significance.

So your credibility is low until you can back up your statements.

The question in your post about tides is a good example. You have consistently claimed in the past that tides are not important in triggering, but rather it is the position of the sun and moon in the sky that matters, plus more esoteric factors. This assertion is wrong; the ocean tides stress the Earth more than the solid Earth tides.

Now you ask about synthetic ocean tide data and precursors. What exactly do you mean?

I read your post 19710 and I am not optimistic this is leading anywhere. What pattern do you think will emerge? Faults will break when the stress is high. You expect they will break when the stress is low? I've never seen evidence that you recognize the tensor properties of stress, so mathematically you have a lot to learn before you can do what you're proposing.

John


Follow Ups:
     ● Attempts at explanation - EQF  00:21:44 - 10/22/2003  (19820)  (1)
        ● too vague - John Vidale  09:13:20 - 10/22/2003  (19824)  (1)
           ● Re: too vague - Roger Hunter  18:48:14 - 10/22/2003  (19835)  (0)