Philosophical Musings

Philosophical Musings

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Flaws in Naturalism: Earth's Magnetic Half-life

One of the central, necessary tenets for the belief in Naturalism is vast time frames. 'Millions and billions of years!', are asserted and used to obscure the lack of actual scientific evidence for the theories.


Magnetic fields have a measurable half-life. The earth's is ~ 1400 years.


"A comprehensive ESSA Technical Report gives the values of the earth's magnetic dipole moment (the vector which gives the strength and direction of the magnet) ever since Karl Gauss made the first evaluation in 1835. The evaluations have been made about every 10 or 15 years since then. Each evaluation required accurate worldwide readings over an epoch (a year or so) and special mathematical reduction to "wash" out the "noise." These reliable data clearly show this relatively rapid decay. The report stated that on a straight line basis the earth's magnetic field would be gone in the year 3991 A.D. But decay is exponential and in this case has a half-life of 1400 years."

https://www.icr.org/article/depletion-earths-magnetic-field/


This article by Barnes (1981) is The. Definitive. Argument. against ancient dating, by the simple,  scientific measurement of the Half-life of the earth's magnetic field.


"Working backwards in time many thousands of years, this equation yields an implausibly large value of the magnetic field and of the electrically generated heat stored in the earth's core. A reasonable postulate was shown therein to yield an upper age limit of 10,000 years."


What is the answer to this problem, from long chronology believers?


"Flippin' magnetic poles!"


Magma (and lava) show a 'compass' when it hardens, indicating (it is asserted), the direction of the magnetic field when it hardened. Studies of the magnetic fields in tectonic plates have produced the ..theory.. that perhaps the magnetic field of the earth just 'flipped!' occasionally, so the Half-life measurement is meaningless in estimating the age of the earth.


Have you ever seen lava flow? It swirls constantly, floating hardened lava on top of moving lava. The data of different poles in hardened magma is more easily explained by the volatility and movement of hardening magma, instead of a wild theory of flipping polarity.


HOW does this polarity flipping happen? What causes it? Why? No explanations are given, just the 'settled science!' decree of flipping magnetic poles, asserted glibly, with no explanation of mechanism, why, or how.


The magnetic field of the earth is ESSENTIAL for life. If it were to suddenly end, life would end. Yet the field slowed to a stop, then reversed, multiple times, to prop up the beliefs in ancient chronologies?


"Unlike Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Earth is surrounded by an immense magnetic field called the magnetosphere. Generated by powerful, dynamic forces at the center of our world, our magnetosphere shields us from erosion of our atmosphere by the solar wind (charged particles our Sun continually spews at us), erosion and particle radiation from coronal mass ejections (massive clouds of energetic and magnetized solar plasma and radiation), and cosmic rays from deep space. Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling this unwanted energy that’s harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth’s surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called the Van Allen Belts."

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3105/earths-magnetosphere-protecting-our-planet-from-harmful-space-energy/


So how did any life survive all these 'flips!' of the magnetic fields? Can you not see the pseudoscience desperation of these 'theories', that are not thought through, unsupported by data, and highly speculative? Does not Occam's Razor compel a simpler, less convoluted conclusion?


Wild, imaginary scenarios are proposed, to explain (with obvious desperation), and prop up the fantastic, imaginary belief in 'millions and billions of years!'


'Flippin' Poles!' is a pseudoscience argument of desperation, with NO EVIDENCE, no compelling data, and no logic. It is a lame, transparent attempt to dismiss actual science and measured data with contrived imaginings and confirmation bias, to prop up a religious belief.


The earth is not 'millions and billions of years!' old. The data from multiple sources with any credibility all suggest less than 10k years. Fossilization, oil, mitochondrial DNA, radiometric decay, and genetic evidence do not support ancient chronology, but much shorter time frames.


It is religious dogma, from the High Priests of Atheistic Naturalism, that assert, mandate, and indoctrinate, the BELIEF in ancient chronology, to try to evade accountability to the Creator. But it is a pseudoscience lie.. deadly propaganda from sources that want to divide you from your Maker. Don't be deceived. Seek your Creator while He may be found.

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