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re: Nice try, but no cigar
Michael Gmirkin — (archived)

I guess my last question would be

g) Has lightning or electricity ever been CONSIDERED as a possible causative factor in the erosion of Mars? If so, are there any resoruces relating to investigations? If not, why not? Is there any specific evidence against it? Or is it simply that admitting the possibility might lead to the overturning of current theory, and nobody is yet prepared to accept even the possibility of investigations leading to such a paradigmatic upheaval? (Seriously, I think this is a valid point, strictly from a thought-experiment point of view: IF, and I'll grant you it's a big if, electrical sculpting of rocky surface were true, it could potentially turn our dating theories and a number of other theories on their collective ears, since the timelines would be on a completely different scale.)

And I'm just asking this out of scientific curiosity, not any particular combativeness over the issue. I'm just wondering if the possibility has EVER even been raised in the academic community, and what the implications would be if it wasn't and should have been...?

Just a point to ponder, from an interested party...

Cheers, and have a good one,
~Michael

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