Re: (Fwd) Gravity

["Daniel J. Phelps" <JFCOST00@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Be careful with this.  There is a nut who frequents the usenet group
talk.origins who believes something like this.  His name is Ted Holden.
His odd claim is that earth once orbited saturn resulting in lower
gravity.  He uses some half-assed measurements of large sauropods to
"prove" his ideas.  He is quite irrational with those who disagree. He
could be looking for someone to quote; he may have used an alias or
convinced one of his fellow creationists to help him. (Holden is
a Velikovskian creationist with a few of his own weird ideas thrown in).

Dan

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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995 11:14:21 +0000 you said:
>From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:56:48 -0400
>To: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk, paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: (Fwd) Gravity
>Sender: owner-paleonet
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>In a message dated 95-10-24 18:29:52 EDT, plotnick@Plotnick.geol.uic.edu (Roy
>E. Plotnick) writes:
>
>>Folks:  Here is an interesting one!  My question is, how should I handle
>>this kind of thing?  I'm torn between blowing it off and making a long,
>>reasoned
>>reply.  Suggestions?  How do the rest of you handle off-the-wall inquiries?
>>-Roy Plotnick
>>
>>--- Forwarded mail from Tim Taylor <kj7az@coffey.com>
>>
>>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 04:21:23 -0700
>>From: Tim Taylor <kj7az@coffey.com>
>>To: plotnick
>>Subject: Gravity
>>
>>Here's a theory for you.  I have for a long time been
>>wondering about how the dinosours all died off.  I've had a
>>hard time believing the comet theory's.  I have wondered
>>about a sudden change in the earths gravitational pull.
>>The gravity increased suddenly, the dinosaurs just couldn't
>>support their own weight and collapsed.
>>Some of the water dinosaurs lived on which gives us whales
>>and sharks.  Some of the smaller reptiles lived on for
>>birds and the close to the ground dinosaurs are todays
>>lizards.
>>Just something to think about.  I'm not a scientist, just a
>>normal person who wonders about stuff.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Tim/KJ7AZ
>>Rawlins Wyoming
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>---End of forwarded mail from Tim Taylor <kj7az@coffey.com>
>>
>>
>
>I think Tim Taylor's ignorance is honest and that he deserves a reasoned
>reply. But keep it very simple. He doesn't seem to be pushing a crank
>viewpoint.
>
>George Olhevsky
>
>