tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post5980507641572784209..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Ballard, the Black Sea, and the bibleGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-77476009431185204132019-04-27T10:30:10.585-07:002019-04-27T10:30:10.585-07:00Ryan and Pitman, who originated the Black Sea floo...Ryan and Pitman, who originated the Black Sea flooding theory in 1997, estimated that the water would have rushed in at a rate of about 10 cubic miles a day for 300 days. This would have been distributed over an area of over 150,000 square miles. A little quick math reveals that would result in a water level rise of only about 1/3 of a foot a day, leaving plenty of time for seashore dwellers to escape. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456977734606068823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-47420012969012813762012-12-13T12:25:01.018-08:002012-12-13T12:25:01.018-08:00I have seen a trend in journalism, as of late, whe...I have seen a trend in journalism, as of late, wherein articles are referred to as blogs. This alleviates journalists of the responsibility to keep grammar and punctuation mistakes to a minimum. Earnest fact finding? Too time consuming. As long as you've got the gist...<br />Snag your source material, let those fingers light ablaze and get that article/blog post slapped onto the website (in record time!).<br /><br />You don't need expensive journalists or editors. All you need is underpaid "bloggers" all vying for space in an over-saturated job market.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.com