2006-09-05 02:31:09 · 28 answers · asked by SilverSurfer 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Modern scientific inquiries have to based based around a falsifiable principal. It is impossible, given current technology and funding, to prove that the Loch Ness Monster does not exist, because the loch is so deep and there are long networks of underwater caverns connecting it with the sea. Therefore, the theory of the Loch Ness monster is not one it is possibly for modern science to invesigate at this point.
Since there is no strong evidence that the Loch Ness Monster does exist, its probably best to leave this whole question to one side untill we have a better chance of solving it.
2006-09-05 07:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by Bovril 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sigh...
I lived close to the banks of Loch Ness for some time. I never saw much, other than the odd heron, porpoise and fish.
Take a look at how elephants swim in deep water for the answer to your question. Nessie, although good for the tourism industry, was simply an elephant that had been allowed to cool off in the Loch courtesy of it's owner - a chap who owned a circus and was at the time of the first sighting(and interestingly enough, the first photo of "Nessie")taking his circus around that area of Scotland.
There is nothing for the scientists to prove! It's an absurd notion to anyone with knowledge of the area and the habits of incredibly large marine life!
2006-09-05 15:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by googlywotsit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loch Ness is extremely large and deep, beyond even most modern equipment's ability to measure. Even if they were able to reach the very bottom, they would only be able to reach a small part of the loch at a time, and believers would claim they just weren't in the right area at the right time to find Nessie.
2006-09-05 09:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we a re not able to search the entire loch in exactly the same instant, so those harden believers who sit on the bank while the technos sweep it and find nothing simply state that nessy moved into a spot they'd already searched during a tea break.
2006-09-05 09:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because Loch Ness is deeper than most oceans and Nessie is really cunning and far smarter than humans.
2006-09-05 09:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by pinkbarca 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's been tried several times with more "modern technology" .. but they still have been unable to find him. It is more difficult to find the financial resources .. the people with money .. to set out on an expedition like this. It is very costly to try to prove it with modern technology. I suppose that is why so few people try anymore.
2006-09-05 09:34:58 · answer #6 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At this point in time, modern technology cannot 'cure' the common cold. Why would you think it Could prove or disprove Nessie?
2006-09-05 10:53:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as how it has been proven there is not enough animal life in the loch to support any sort of creature the size of the "monster" in question, I would say that pretty much puts a spike in it.
2006-09-05 09:41:38 · answer #8 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because everyone needs a little mystery in their lives. Its the willing suspension of 'belief' to keep some fantasy, some mystery in our lives.
Now leave the poor little dear alone, she's not hurting anyone.
2006-09-05 10:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by guhralfromhell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
matter of funding I expect. serious research would cost quite a bit of money, but the final discovery would not be profitable for the discoverer. The mystery keeps tourism going, I guess.
2006-09-05 11:38:59 · answer #10 · answered by biggi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋