Re: The Doucet Effect
Regarding the Doucet Hypothesis.
I think the following metrics would be interesting pieces of information
to know, in order to determine if the hypothesis can be advanced to the
theory stage.
The exact chemical make up of the gases found in an unbreached pumpkin
cavity and the rate of expansion/contraction of the mixture.
The mode of shell wall expansion. It will be necessary to determine the
mode of growth in order to determine its effects on the gases within.
Shell wall density and it ability to with stand internal vacuum as well
as internal pressure.
The rate at which such pressures are relieved through the capillaries
used to translocate nutrients into the cavity.
The rate at which material is deposited in the cavity (seeds, stringers,
flesh etc.) at the same time the outer shell is expanding (might offset
any generated pressure differential, if one exists).
The effects of nutrient deficiencies on the elasticity of shell walls.
As with any hypothesis the initial gathering of empirical evidence should
help to direct us in the quest for truth. Then again, as a christian
friend of mine once argued, "if you say something long enough it will
become accepted truth"
Greg Schraiber
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