Velikovsky nut butter (Introduction)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Sunday, October 28, 2012, 20:24 (4386 days ago) @ dhw

Just thought I'd take a look to see what you are all doing in this little rock pool again. The arguments still seem to be much the same!-I read Velikovsky years ago, and it was evident to me at the time that he was a nut, on the same lines as Danican and his ancient aliens.-But of course his stories were colourful and interesting, being based on myths and legends. They just didn't make any sense in terms of Newtonian mechanics, for one thing.-Believing something because it makes a good story is just not a sufficient criterion.-Mind you I've always been sceptical about these theories involving rogue planets (such as the current theory of the origin of the Moon). There just seem to have been so many of them about, and where are they now? They are a bit too much like deus ex machina (or the plural of that). However the evidence does seem to be piling up to support that theory, so maybe I shall have to accept it, reluctantly.

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GPJ