Curt Fischer wrote:
> Paul Blay wrote:
> 
>>"Curt Fischer" <tentrillion@gmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote ...
>>
>>
>>>Paul Blay wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Curt Fischer" <tentrillion@gmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote ...
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>>>>
>>>>>Paul Blay wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Curt Fischer" wrote ...
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>>>>>>>Isn't the real culprit LIQUID HOT MAGMA?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We're in trouble then.  It's a little known fact that 100% of the 
>>>>>>Earth's surface is above LIQUID HOT MAGMA.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I think I am starting to get your logic.  Let me try a new one: Gravity
>>>>>causes earthquakes.  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Is slightly more silly than liquid hot magma causes Earthquakes - but 
>>>>not
>>>>much.
>>>
>>>
>>>What does cause earthquakes in the opinion of Paul Blay then?  
>>
>>
>>In the spirit of previous answers on this bit of the sub-thread COLD 
>>DARK ROCK.
>>
>>
>>>Be sure to name conditions that are not only sufficient but necessary.
>>
>>
>>Oh, in which case "The physics of this universe acting on the geology of 
>>this world."
> 
> 
> But the physics of the universe act everywhere on the geology of the
> world, and we don't have earthquakes everywhere.  So looks like we will
> still be hunting for our necessary and sufficient conditions for
> earthquakes.
> 
> Don't feel bad.  Even earthquake scientists haven't figured it out yet.
> 
Don't let the Discovery Institute find out.

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