Everest Growing Because of River is Nonsense
Everest Growing Because of River is Nonsense I grew up in the mountains of New Zealand. I've always been interested in geology and one of my great challenges was trying to understand what geologist were saying about river erosion and mountain growth. It is the mountain growing that cause the river gorges. This morning when I read about how scientists have found that Mount Everest is growing faster because of rivers I thought immediately that this is not geology but theory of knowledge. It is a perfect example of what I call an anti-answer. How 'river piracy' made Mount Everest grow even taller The only science here is the problem of deduction/ reason. This is so wrong! River gorges and canyons, like the Grand Canyon, are formed by uplift. Water/rivers cut down due to the uplift. The more uplift, the more cutting to find level equilibrium. That is geology. These scientists have turned it around: rivers cause mountains to grow. This is post-modernist nonsense, the likes of