Guess what? New Date for earth

[BrainHertz]

# OP Generator

start:

include <random_excerpt_from_something_I_dont understand>
include <spurious_quasi_mathematics>
include <miscellaneous_non_sequiturs>

echo "This is just whack"

goto start

 

[BrainHertz]

Also, the Mississippi Delta accumulates enough mud that if the world were as old as they say, the Delta would be in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

Just sayin'.

Um, doesn't that depend where it was to start with? And whether the Mississippi river has always been there?

 

[MrGoodBytes]

Plate tectonics is not a law of nature. It is a hypothesis, or as some like to call it: a theory. We have not seen any mountains appear out of nowhere, nor will we. We simply assume that it is true.

On the contrary. The movement of continental plates can be measured simply by setting up a GPS receiver.

 

[mpok1519]

yes, plate techtonics is a very real thing, not a theory. Any geologist will tell you this.

 

[NOTW]

Plate tectonics is not a law of nature. It is a hypothesis, or as some like to call it: a theory. We have not seen any mountains appear out of nowhere, nor will we. We simply assume that it is true.

You can even see Plate Tectonics today at work.
Examples:
- Venice, Italy, sinking
- Australia shifting
- Hawaii, for goodness sakes, was created by volcanic erruptions and, now, the inactive ones are merely mountains.
That's all Plate Tectonics!


Please, at least have a geological awareness.

 

[Soul Searcher]

While an estimate cannot state the exact age of the universe, "roughly" IS exact to at least a billion.

I would say that this is not always the case. The way I understand it is that when referring to the earth our dating tells us that it is at least 4.5 billion +/- sereval million years. The thing is that we do not know that we have actually found the oldest material on earth yet and that being the case it could be older than we think.

The same for the universe we estimate the age of the universe by the distance in light years to the most distant known galaxy. It is very possible that there are others even more distant that have not yet been discovered and also possible that there are some that no longer exist at all which could be even older.

So to me roughly means at least x within a fraction of the unit of x but does not say that it may not be older perhaps a lot older.

 

[Paulos23]

Plate tectonics is not a law of nature. It is a hypothesis, or as some like to call it: a theory. We have not seen any mountains appear out of nowhere, nor will we. We simply assume that it is true.

If that is the case, then explain why Mt. Everest is growing two inches a year?

 

[Patashu]

If that is the case, then explain why Mt. Everest is growing two inches a year?

It's aliiive!

 

[Elduran]

The earth is 4.5 billion years old? That's pretty illogical to say. If the earth were that old, then the mountains would have eroded away by now, and wouldn't exist. Also, the Mississippi Delta accumulates enough mud that if the world were as old as they say, the Delta would be in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

Just sayin'.

These are both incredible naive arguments, and have been thoroughly disproved on many occasions now. However, creationists keep using them.

Essentially the reason they don't work is that they assume a constant steady-state for the entirety of Earth's existence. This is simply not the case. We can look at the geology or rivers, and can usually get a good approximation for the age of features like rivers and deltas through the use of various independent dating methods.

Essentially all the arguments you've mentioned show is the maximum age of the feature in question. This has no impact whatsoever on the age of the earth.

 

[Morcova]

Plate tectonics is not a law of nature. It is a hypothesis, or as some like to call it: a theory. We have not seen any mountains appear out of nowhere, nor will we. We simply assume that it is true.

We do know plate tectonics is true.....

You may have heard of earthquakes....

What do you think causes them?

 

[necroforest]

We do know plate tectonics is true.....

You may have heard of earthquakes....

What do you think causes them?

God?

 

[flatworm]

Can you stop it, by you rougly mean 10 billion years.

Was it the was it the time, was it 2 years before or 1.5 billion years after earth?

No, by roughly I mean within an uncertainty of one percent. In other words, give or take 45 million years.

 

[flatworm]

How does it feel to be wrong so often?

I doubt he has any baseline for contrast purposes.

 

[Valkhorn]

Someone start from the begginnig at tell it too me slowly because you know I am not white so I am not as fully evolved as as you white genuises and apexes of evolution.

I'm not even going to respond to that comment as it is snide and rude.

When did Jupiter evolve, was it before earth or after?

It's been answered.

You know what? No one will answer because really you cheats, liars and charlatans. (You Messes) I have offered you countless opportunities to explain your voodoo but no-one has deared answer.

We've been giving you answers and evidence. If anyone's a liar it is someone who isn't telling the truth. The truth is we've given you evidence and shown how you are wrong. You aren't telling the truth so that makes you a what now?

I dear you start from the beginning and explain slowly. what happened.

We've been telling you this.

If you are not cheats,liars and charlatans, then answer and I will apologise.

No one has cheated you out of the information. No one here has lied to you about it. There is no charlatanism going on here.

I wish you would apologize.

Good night folks, you are just wasted half my day.

Well technically you wasted your own half of the day. Instead of actually learning something from these intelligent posters - you didn't learn anything.

That's hardly our fault.

 

[FishFace]

Plate tectonics is not a law of nature. It is a hypothesis, or as some like to call it: a theory. We have not seen any mountains appear out of nowhere, nor will we. We simply assume that it is true.

Actually, plate tectonics is an observed fact. You can measure the rate at which the continents are moving around with GPS, for example.
Even if that were not the case, it's not an assumption, it's an inference made from evidence.

 

[FishFace]

We do know plate tectonics is true.....

You may have heard of earthquakes....

What do you think causes them?

Divine indigestion.

 

[TheOutsider]

We do know plate tectonics is true.....

You may have heard of earthquakes....

What do you think causes them?

Pele is a very angry goddess.

 

[Daffaforce]

A footballer causing earthquakes? Goodbye, plate tectonics!

 

[mpok1519]

lol

Pele is the Hawaiin Volcano Goddess.

and if you ever take a pumus, or lava-rock from Hawaii, you'll have badluck forever....at least thats wha local legend says.

also, Pele was a soccer player, not a football player. (sarcastic laugh) jk im not that dumb...

 

[dlamberth]

Can you stop it, by you rougly mean 10 billion years.

Was it the was it the time, was it 2 years before or 1.5 billion years after earth?

It's looking to me like speakout is getting the words "Universe" and "Solar System" confused. If that's correct, that could be why his OP made no sense to us and why he&#8217;s not understanding your responses. If not, good luck.

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