Originally posted by SuperSlovak
fast and loose? not really... my allignments were made by a mathematical professor studying the cydonia region for years
yours could have been made by a 2 year old
Here's what I mean. Why did this math professor select the points he did? The ones I have pointed out in green? Why, for instance, did he select a
seemingly random point roughly but arguably not exactly in the middle of the cluster of "pyramids" in the upper left corner of the image? There's
no feature there.
And he did it with a lot of things. The lower right hand corner of the "face" feature, for instance. Why select that point and not something more
obvious, like the eyes? And we know now (see other photos above) that the "D&M Pyramid" doesn't have one sharp point on the top, but rather a worn
line that doesn't result in a regular pyramid at all. The line on the D&M Pyramid that points to the Face is really off. If you use an accurate
line coming from where the real ridge is (see my previous image), it doesn't intersect the Face at all!
Well, the guy selected those points because they fit in with his theory. If you line up (or try to line up) the actual features, they don't have any
good alignments. So he had to fudge the measurements with thick lines and strangely selected points. And you can say that he's allowing for
erosion, he still has to justify his determination of where he thinks the lines or features originally were. Which he never does.
I don't personally care if he's a mathematician or not. That's just sloppy geometry.
[edit on 9-9-2008 by Nohup]