Of course we would. Not for the PO reasons you think, however.
If we would, give reasons. Explicit, well defined reasons.
You justify yours, I'll do mine.
Because solid material, with a liquid core, fits exactly the data we have. But it wouldn't fit the data if there were no shadow zones. "Spiritual material" doesn't make any predictions - it's useless.
False. It is circular reasoning. They cooked up the interior from assumptions, and then try to make the waves match.
Hello? The waves are the raw data. If the centre is not physical, why does modeling it as physical explain the data?
What we see is what we get. The inner core area is a spiritual/physical is such that certain waves react to it the same as a liquid. You name the bend, and the purported cause, and I'll substitute the PO materials you IMAGINE, for S/P ones. Easy.
So why should we believe that it is S/P instead of PO, given that the results would apparently be exactly the same? What's the way we can test for S/P over PO?
Here's the test: If the centre of the earth were a S/P material, then we would observe that no shear waves would appear at the opposite side of the earth. We do!!!!!
No. That's completely wrong. S/P material doesn't say anything about what kind of waves do or do not travel through it. "Physical liquid" and "physical solid" on the other hand, do. You need three kinds of tests. The first kind of test is what you predict will happen. The second is what you predict won't happen. The third kind predicts something different from the other theories so we can tell which it is.
What do you predict the raw data will look like that's different from a PO theory?
Just did. Like you did.
Model? What model? There was no model. A model involves equations for the speed or attenuation of the various waves given the depth, and relates those equations to actual properties your model says the earth has at that depth.
I have already done this - the model is a spiritual/physical earth.
That's not a model.
That matches exactly what we see. I'm talking because I've got the goods. You've got sweet... nothing.
Uh, wrong. We have the geophysical theory, thanks. Your "theory" is no different except that it is baseless. You give no reasons for believing that there shouldn't be any shear waves on the opposite side.
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