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Remember when we discussed Rocks Request Rejection issue back in May? The discussion was nothing if not spirited.
Andrew Snelling, who got a PhD in geology before joining Answers in Genesis, continues working to interpret the canyon in a way that is consistent with his views. In 2013, he requested permission from the National Park Service to collect some rock samples in the canyon for a new project to that end.
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The National Park Service sent Snelling's proposal out for review, having three academic geologists who study the canyon look at it. Those reviews were not kind. Snelling didn't get his permit. Snelling sued.
Well It turns out the guy gets to harvest his bag-o-rocks because the the National Park Service has decided its easier to give a few rocks than take the religious flack.
That lawsuit was withdrawn by Snelling on June 28. According to a story in The Australian, Snelling withdrew his suit because the National Park Service has relented and granted him his permit. He will be able to collect about 40 fist-sized samples, provided that he makes the data from any analyses freely available.
Further he promises to publish his findings in a peer reviewed journal. Perhaps even his own journal. Perhaps even his own peers.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:57PM (5 children)
> provided that he makes the data from any analyses freely available.
Psh. I wonder what kind of "analysis" this religitard is going to do? Pray over them, and then listen for voices in his sleep?
(Score: 3, Informative) by bob_super on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:43PM (2 children)
Follow prior successful published works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBb6kkrnIhs [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @10:44PM (1 child)
Genesis is still a great band, but I wish I'd seen them before Gabriel quit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:36AM
He sings like an angel.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday July 13 2017, @11:48AM (1 child)
I think they're hoping for serendipity which plays a big part in discoveries. Sure he was hoping to prove what we already know which is that every culture on the planet seems to have an almost instinctual great flood myth which is because great floods really suck and are therefore kinda memorable, not that there was precisely one biblical one. But much like the Beverly Hillbillies were trying to poach dinner when they shot a hole into an oil reservoir, well, maybe this dude will completely accidentally discover the best brontosaurus fossil ever, or similar. Its actually even more likely than mere luck, in that he's probably going to look for something "cool" to prove his point, and regardless of his point hopefully his taste and style of whats cool will be decent, so if there's anyone out there who could find fossilized sharks with lasers on their heads, its this dude.
There's also a big dose of "oh yea of little faith" which is pretty funny, if he tries to reproduce results I'm confident he will get mainstream geological results so I'm pretty chill... A lot of geological work is spending 99% of your time disappointed, so his luck being somewhat worse than normal means he isn't going to suffer all that much more than the average geologist like my old roommate. Its the people who have one foot in each camp that are nervous as hell that this time he might turn out to be correct. Wouldn't that be something?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:52PM
Since they ended up rich from the oil, they must have owned the land. They can hardly be accused of poaching on their own land.