Ken Ring's predicted earthquake for 20 March?

[idb]

wouldn't it be refreshing, just once, to have something in this world that not even the experts claimed to understand..

I think you'll find that seismologists routinely say just that...

[HenryDorsetCase]

Anyone got a ball to rub and then tell us what happens?

if I give mine a vigorous enough rub, there is a sudden magical appearance of gentlemans relish.

I know, its amazing.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Scientists have been watching New Zealand's Alpine Fault in great detail for several decades. While it is impossible to predict just when the next big one will occur, there is certainty that it will happen, and geologically speaking quite soon.

In other words "we have no idea when, but will tell you after it happens" & "thanks for all the taxpayer's money we have spent".

the alternative being what, exactly?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Pretty much but I suspect if the tax payer was not paying for the research no one would, I really cant see a financial motivation to fund this science.

twat. how do you think science progresses? it isn't generally some eureka moment by some dude working in isolation for years and years suddenly having a breakthrough, it is years and years and thousands of hours of boring, repetitive grind.

I'm not getting at you particularly, though I think the question could be asked of you: what the hell do they teach in schools today? are the basic tenets of science, mathematics, physics and chemistry not taught any more? because I am constantly staggered by the number of otherwise reasonable even quite nice people who spout the most staggering beliefs in the most outlandish, stupid crap. And I've stopped being polite about it. I dont care if I hurt your feelings, if you're a fucking reet, I'll call you on it.

[HenryDorsetCase]

As a surfer, full moon clear nights and large south swells with light southerly quarter winds are to be expected, even tropical cyclones that come down are timed with the moon. Add perigee and in this case autumnal equinox and the expectation of a significant natural event will increase.

Why not earthquakes too?

Ken Ring is castings his jewels before swine.

Remember when I started a thread July 2010 re natural disasters? Why then at that time did I start this thread. What, why or whom prompted me? It was a prediction based on no scientific data, except a gut feeling. I was ridiculed totally!!!

How many of us are invisibly guided to act?

How often do we each predict things, without an appreciation of our own powers of prophecy??? And then the abuse of the messenger starts again...

I predict hog calling will become more popular as time in front of that great edeucator 'the telly' ticks down.

Gods favourite children are in for a big surprise

Whatever the hell you're on, I want some. Id save it for the weekend though because you're wacked out of your gourd on a school night.

who are God's favourite children, by the way?

[HenryDorsetCase]

The point i was trying to show was that it went against conventional wisdom of the time as far as most people were concerned

The church and science is a different matter entirely.

Who knows, in 500 years time people will be reading how the governments of the world gagged scientists from speaking the truth about global warming or the colour purple....

I'm not saying I agree with Ken Ring's theory, but he shouldn't be abused or burnt at the stake for having a different theory or take on the matter.

-Indy

Yes, yes he should be. Because he is a fraud, a charlatan, a profiteer, and a liar, whose only purpose in making his phony predictions is to garner publicity, and to line his pockets. He needs the same treatment that the two fucktards who stole the generators received. It is not science. it is bullshit.

I do not think your examples of global warming or the colour purple are particularly useful either.

[AllanB]

I'd go as far as stating that Mr Ring is doing OK out of all this presently. He was in Aussie speaking not long ago and a couple weeks back did two sold out seminars in Gore. I know this as when my in-laws were down there shopping a teller told them that the big one was coming to CHCH and it would be wrecked (she was at his seminar). Now these are folks well in their 70's and were rightfully upset.

MrsB called the manager and gave her a earful. The Manager was suitably unimpressed with her staff.

[steve_t]

I wanna know if the neighbour's cat has any psychic abilities!

[Kickaha]

Yes, yes he should be. Because he is a fraud, a charlatan, a profiteer, and a liar, whose only purpose in making his phony predictions is to garner publicity, and to line his pockets. He needs the same treatment that the two fucktards who stole the generators received. It is not science. it is bullshit.

You sound like you need a hug

[JMemonic]

twat. how do you think science progresses? it isn't generally some eureka moment by some dude working in isolation for years and years suddenly having a breakthrough, it is years and years and thousands of hours of boring, repetitive grind.

I'm not getting at you particularly, though I think the question could be asked of you: what the hell do they teach in schools today? are the basic tenets of science, mathematics, physics and chemistry not taught any more? because I am constantly staggered by the number of otherwise reasonable even quite nice people who spout the most staggering beliefs in the most outlandish, stupid crap. And I've stopped being polite about it. I dont care if I hurt your feelings, if you're a fucking reet, I'll call you on it.

Pudding, wtf are you on about? Where the hell did you get any concept that I believed science is done in isolation, you need to re read my comment and learn comprehension, actually I would suspect you the reet as you put it.

What I stated, and I will hope you can understand it long hand. In this current age and system the main motivation science is mainly in the corporate world for profit. For the record I am thankful the tax payers, (myself included), are funding the science and research being done in this field, there are several other fields that are currently being funded by the tax payers that the corporate world would see no need to fund as there would be no apparent profit, astronomy would have to be another science in a similar vein, space exploration would be undertaken only for mining and exploration, Antarctica would be similar. These I guess would be concepts are a bit beyond you.

Put the bottle down step away and head to bed, when you are sober read the tread again.

[The Stranger:Me]

the alternative being what, exactly?

Ah don't spend the money.
They don't even know where the hell to look (there's a fault under Christchurch? Who knew), let alone what to look for.
Great, they can tell us an earthquake happened. Awesome. TV3 told me that.

Quite frankly, I'd rather see our taxpayer money go to Ken Ring. At least he's entertaining. When was the last time a geologist gave us a laugh?

[JMemonic]

When was the last time a geologist gave us a laugh?

Me personally, the other day while he was hanging off the side of a cliff when an aftershock hit, the expletives were hilarious.

[The Stranger:Me]

Me personally, the other day while he was hanging off the side of a cliff when an aftershock hit, the expletives were hilarious.

I stand corrected.

[oldrider]

I wanna know if the neighbour's cat has any psychic abilities!

Absolutely and it is watching you as we speak!

[idb]

Ah don't spend the money.
They don't even know where the hell to look (there's a fault under Christchurch? Who knew), let alone what to look for.
Great, they can tell us an earthquake happened. Awesome. TV3 told me that.

Quite frankly, I'd rather see our taxpayer money go to Ken Ring. At least he's entertaining. When was the last time a geologist gave us a laugh?

Give it all to me, I can dance and tell jokes.