[Popman]

Scientists don't know exactly what caused the uplift. It would take an earthquake over magnitude 7 to cause an uplift that high, said Peter Haeussler, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage.

Well, I guess golly gee willikers, it wasn't a 7 magnitude earthquake after all since it wasn't recorded.

The older I get, the more I understand we know jack little about a lot of things. Half the stuff science says is the "truth" is simply their best WAG

[dr_lew]

The older I get, the more I understand we know jack little about a lot of things. Half the stuff science says is the "truth" is simply their best WAG

This sort of impression is typical of the "decadent phase" of modern science. "Decadent" here is a term of art, and refers to the stagnation, or solidification, if you will, in the fundamental theories of science, with the advances occurring in application and "filling in details".

As working scientists work at more and more refined levels, things do get a lot hazier, and one sees only a flat plateau, forgetting the height that has been climbed to attain it.

Where's the WAG in an iPhone? This technology is BTWD of fifties SciFi. Just try reading some.