Re: EQF's prediction program
Posted by chris in suburbia on August 08, 2004 at 05:00:46:

Todd posted a while ago that we should lay off EQF. However, every now and then, if someone is making claims that we believe are not correct, I think it appropriate that we criticize these claims....it goes to the credibility of the page and the people who post here. I'm a little surprised that John V. spends so much time looking into EQFs results. Wouldn't it be more interesting if John spent the same time posting some of his, his student's, and other's results/ideas of interest? I think the thing that is frustrating about EQF to some, maybe me if I had not given up a long time ago, is that he/she is spending an awful lot of effort, but the way he/she is going about it, and the claims for brilliance, make it unlikely that either he/she will come up with anything that work, or if he/she does come up with something, it will not be taken seriously. I'm not making any statement here about whether or not EQF's methods work, because I have not spent the time to make sense of EQF's web page...or have not even looked at it in a long time. But, the way EQF has just made statements about eartones and space weather without backing them up...just stating that these things are related to earthquakes, makes me skeptical.
Chris


Follow Ups:
     ● Re: EQF's prediction program - EQF  22:33:30 - 8/8/2004  (22384)  (0)
     ● not much time on EDG - John Vidale  09:33:06 - 8/8/2004  (22372)  (2)
        ● And that summarizes the problem - EQF  22:52:34 - 8/8/2004  (22386)  (1)
           ● name just a single expert that I can call - John Vidale  23:04:20 - 8/8/2004  (22387)  (1)
              ● Re: name just a single expert that I can call - Don in Hollister  23:55:00 - 8/8/2004  (22390)  (0)
        ● let me restate that - John Vidale  22:49:32 - 8/8/2004  (22385)  (0)
     ● You Hit The Nail On The Head - Don in Hollister  07:55:31 - 8/8/2004  (22370)  (1)
        ● Re: You Hit The Nail On The Head - Cathryn  13:43:09 - 8/9/2004  (22394)  (1)
           ● Re: You Hit The Nail On The Head - EQF  14:48:02 - 8/9/2004  (22400)  (1)
              ● Re: You Hit The Nail On The Head - Cathryn  16:18:19 - 8/9/2004  (22401)  (1)
                 ● A past prediction - EQF  16:34:04 - 8/9/2004  (22402)  (8)
                    ● A past prediction - Roger Hunter  21:52:33 - 8/9/2004  (22421)  (0)
                    ● How about your prediction 7 months later? - John Vidale  19:04:02 - 8/9/2004  (22417)  (0)
                    ● How about your prediction 6 months later? - John Vidale  18:58:10 - 8/9/2004  (22415)  (0)
                    ● How about your prediction 3 months earlier? - John Vidale  18:40:51 - 8/9/2004  (22413)  (0)
                    ● How about your prediction 2 months earlier? - John Vidale  18:31:42 - 8/9/2004  (22411)  (2)
                       ● Re: How about the most recent one? - Don in Hollister  21:08:43 - 8/9/2004  (22419)  (0)
                       ● Re: How about your prediction 2 months earlier? - Cathryn  18:59:27 - 8/9/2004  (22416)  (0)
                    ● Re: A past prediction - Cathryn  17:14:09 - 8/9/2004  (22405)  (0)
                    ● that prediction missed, and didn't use orbital data - John Vidale  17:03:02 - 8/9/2004  (22404)  (2)
                       ● Willing to play devil's advocate - Cathryn  17:59:43 - 8/9/2004  (22409)  (0)
                       ● Re: that prediction missed, and didn't use orbital data - Cathryn  17:36:23 - 8/9/2004  (22406)  (1)
                          ● google "groups" - John Vidale  17:44:49 - 8/9/2004  (22407)  (1)
                             ● I meant button, of course (nm) - John Vidale  17:45:51 - 8/9/2004  (22408)  (1)
                                ● Re: I meant button, of course (nm) - Cathryn  18:38:02 - 8/9/2004  (22412)  (0)
                    ● Re: A past prediction - Cathryn  16:53:10 - 8/9/2004  (22403)  (1)
                       ● Re: A past prediction - EQF  23:49:03 - 8/9/2004  (22422)  (0)