(April 16, 2011 at 5:53 am)Napoleon666 Wrote: this is all well and good, and i accept that there are a number of geological instances which form tabletop mountains. but i want an answer regarding to THIS specific one.
Too bad. There are plausible geological mechanisms, but if you want to know with absolute certainty how this happened, I'm afraid you're going to be sorely disappointed. The scientist does not deal in certainties, that's the realm of the theologian.
(April 16, 2011 at 5:53 am)Napoleon666 Wrote: HOWEVER i do not think it should be ruled as COMPLETELY impossible and i will always think that it IS possible until someone comes up with real evidence to suggest otherwise.
Can't prove a negative.
No-one is ruling anything out as completely impossible. We're saying that the evidence does not warrant a belief in the ancient astronaut "theory".
But the possibility of something says nothing about its likelihood.
It's possible for me to win the lottery tonight, but pretty damn unlikely.
As for the alien astronaut explanation, is it possible? Sure.
Is it plausible? No, not in the slightest.
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
