(urth) theories

[António Pedro Marques]

Andrew Mason wrote (23-10-2011 20:35):
> Marc Aramini wrote:
>
>> My problem with all this is simply dismissing evidence in the text.  I don't like James' Tussah as Typhon because Silk and Chenille don't look alike, its an insurmountable block for me (Silk's face on Pas at end of Exodus), but his explanation for the password Thetis is SPOT ON.
>
> Well, I think this depends on the kind of theory. Your tree theory is
> presented in order to explain evidence, and you have listed the
> evidence it is meant to explain. I'm not yet sure how effectively it
> explains the evidence, and whether the evidence could be explained
> more economically, and whether perhaps parts of the theory could be
> detached while others remained. But I couldn't dismiss it simply in
> the grounds that it reminds me of Polanski.

That's partly what I meant when I said Marc's approach was holmesian.