wrote:

There is number factor as well. Compare a 1000 geologists investigating
phenomenon remotely, versus one of the spot. Given adequate quality of
remote observation, it is more likely that some of those 1000
geologists would find something interesting, that would escape the guy
on the spot.

But of course geologists on the spot are going to win!
That's why oil companies send geologists down into tunnels
in the oil fields, rather than examining information
returned by logging equipment lowered into boreholes.

Not.

Paul