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Recent content by sjastro

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    God did not create from nothing

    The Veritasium video is a measurement problem for the speed the light and doesn’t affect its physical value. As mentioned in a previous post c is predicted from Maxwell’s equations according to the formula. c = 1/√μₒεₒ μₒ is the permeability of free space and εₒ its permittivity. In 1865 the...
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    God did not create from nothing

    The next time I get caught speeding I will employ the @Platte defence of arguing the cops didn't know how fast I was going as the speed of light is unknown. I got AI to summarise the technology of speed guns and how it relates to the two way speed of light.
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    God did not create from nothing

    The speed of light in a vacuum is one of those rare examples of a physical constant where its value was predicted instead of being based solely on measurement. Its prediction comes from Maxwell's equations on electromagnetism. On the subject of one way versus two way speed of light, the one way...
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    God did not create from nothing

    @Platte The levels of stupidity creationists will go to such as science not knowing the speed of light is astounding. In 1983 at the 17th meeting of the General Weights and Measures conference, they issued the following statement. "The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in...
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    God did not create from nothing

    @-57 Posting Gentry's theory' on polonium halo's as proof of creationism and then changing the subject when challenged is disingenuous. Granite is an igneous rock which was produced instantaneously but what about other igneous rocks such as basalt? Here we have a problem as there has been a...
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    God did not create from nothing

    You haven't shown me anything except a severe affliction of cognitive dissonance. Responding to my criticism of Gentry's polonium halo 'theory' with some random AI comment on the 'flaws' on isochron dating is a case in point. It is apparent you do not even understand the context of your AI...
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    God did not create from nothing

    What has this got to do with Gentry's polonium halos leads to the nonsensical conclusion granite was created instantly??? You are going around in circles and back to isochron testing. As I pointed out isochron testing serves two purposes, to date samples according to the slope of the isochron...
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    God did not create from nothing

    An oldie but a goodie. Firstly the AI method for debunking. Secondly the sjastro method for debunking. When I look outside facing due south I see this. The hills are granite intrusions called the You Yangs and were formed during the Devonian period around 365 million years ago when magma...
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    God did not create from nothing

    Getting back to radiometric dating of rocks in this case from the Mt St Helens eruption of 1980. First the creationist side of the story, this video is fortunately only 3 minutes long and cherry picks to completely misrepresent the results which is typical of YEC sites. The science gives the...
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    God did not create from nothing

    Are seriously suggesting two naked dudes running around in a garden is an example of civilization???? A more relevant barometer is to look at the origins of religion itself. Notice the reddish colours around the skeleton, it is red ochre. The body was coated with red ochre at the time of...
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    God did not create from nothing

    So how do you tell the difference with igneous rocks which were not created at Creation? Or is this using your own terminology are you employing fiction.
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    God did not create from nothing

    This is for @-57 who disagrees with me in thinking he does not comprehend the science behind isochron testing. If he does and creationism is right and the science is wrong about isochron testing, then he should have no problems in finding the flaws in the treatise. As for the background I got...
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    God did not create from nothing

    I gather you are upset that I think the subject is beyond your level of comprehension. Here is your opportunity of exposing me as a fool by explaining why the creationist position is accurate and the science is wrong on isochron dating. If you refuse to do so it confirms the intellectual level...
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    God did not create from nothing

    Now seriously why are you arguing about a subject matter clearly beyond your level of comprehension? The isochron dating method serves two purposes. (1) If the isotopic ratios fall on the isochron line, samples can be dated. (2) If the isotopic ratios deviate from the line, factors such as...
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    God did not create from nothing

    In another post you asked about the case of igneous rock not coming from molten rock??? This doesn't even require a knowledge of geology, go look up the dictionary definition for the word igneous. If you cannot grasp the most basic early high school level of science, you are in no position to...