[dirtboy]

Uh, no, only climate science claims being settled, for political reasons. And basic geology relies very little on models and more on scientists in the field mapping outcrops and collecting and analyzing samples. Your idea of science seems to be looking at formations from scenic overlooks and not even getting the basics right from that point of view.

You have demonstrated time and time again that you are abjectly ignorant on basic geology, and that is probably because you are chosing to be ignorant. I have demolished every opinionated strawman you have erected on this thread, and your continual response is to move the goal posts. Since you show no desire to learn anything, further discoure is useless.

[hopespringseternal]

Every science suffers from the “settled science” phenomenon. It is human nature. A real scientist should always have a keen awareness of the edge of what is known and expend efforts towards understanding past what is known. Time spent evangelizing and defending what is known against both the unknown and those who ask about the unknown is pointless and unscientific.

Retreating to your credentials is defensive behavior, not scientific behavior.