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Mike Vandeman
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:53:01 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <[email protected]> wrote:
..Well Mikey, you web plague says you have a degree in Math. That doesn't make
..you a genius, although certain personality disorders may make you think so.
..
..The more interesting claim is that you have a PhD in Psychology <<
..And my Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles is in
..Psychology, concentrating in Psychometrics >>
..
..Is this for real, or just one of your delusions?
True, of course.
.."Mike Vandeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
..news:[email protected]...
..> Anyone who bothers to read these "studies" will find that they actually
..prove
..> the OPPOSITE of what they CLAIM to prove! They actually examine only damage
..PER
..> MILE. Since mountain bikers typically travel several times as far as hikers
..(try
..> HIKING 25-50 miles in a day!), it follows FROM THEIR OWN RESEARCH that
..mountain
..> bikers have several times the impact of hikers. They also don't test
..mountain
..> biking under normal conditions: they simply roll passively down a gently
..sloping
..> hill -- no acceleration, no turns, no braking, all of which would apply
..shear
..> (horizontal) forces to the ground. In addition, almost all studies ignore
..> impacts on wildlife. As far as I know, every one of these "studies" was done
..by
..> (surprize, surprize) a mountain biker. Besides, they are irrelevant, because
..the
..> harm done by mountain biking is not related to the harm done by other
..> activities, such as hiking. The damage is the same, regardless of what
..hikers or
..> anyone else is doing!
..>
===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
..Well Mikey, you web plague says you have a degree in Math. That doesn't make
..you a genius, although certain personality disorders may make you think so.
..
..The more interesting claim is that you have a PhD in Psychology <<
..And my Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles is in
..Psychology, concentrating in Psychometrics >>
..
..Is this for real, or just one of your delusions?
True, of course.
.."Mike Vandeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
..news:[email protected]...
..> Anyone who bothers to read these "studies" will find that they actually
..prove
..> the OPPOSITE of what they CLAIM to prove! They actually examine only damage
..PER
..> MILE. Since mountain bikers typically travel several times as far as hikers
..(try
..> HIKING 25-50 miles in a day!), it follows FROM THEIR OWN RESEARCH that
..mountain
..> bikers have several times the impact of hikers. They also don't test
..mountain
..> biking under normal conditions: they simply roll passively down a gently
..sloping
..> hill -- no acceleration, no turns, no braking, all of which would apply
..shear
..> (horizontal) forces to the ground. In addition, almost all studies ignore
..> impacts on wildlife. As far as I know, every one of these "studies" was done
..by
..> (surprize, surprize) a mountain biker. Besides, they are irrelevant, because
..the
..> harm done by mountain biking is not related to the harm done by other
..> activities, such as hiking. The damage is the same, regardless of what
..hikers or
..> anyone else is doing!
..>
===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande