Oh, bore off with Birkeland. It's ancient history.
It's a tried and true technology, whereas your solar model *bombed* (by two orders of magnitude) the convection "test".
They are rubbish in the real world, though. Seen any iron Suns lately?
Yep. I saw one today in fact, and I'll see more of them tonight.
What is the melting point of iron?
Much as you'd love to ignore the fact that lab tests show that the plasma above the sphere is hotter than the sphere, that claim has also been demonstrated in the lab.
It's been verified by observation too by measurements of sunspots.
No it hasn't. Show me anything from that EU (and I'm talking about the cult set up by the Velikovskians Thornhill and Talbott) has achieved. Zilch.
Like a working explanation of a corona which you've never managed to do?
Nope. That's just your lack of understanding of both Alfven and plasma physics.
Alfven called your MRx theory "pseudoscience" till the day he died.
Off into ancient history, again. Who gives a toss? I wasn't even around then! Neither were the people doing all the work now. Get into the real world.
It's not my fault that you're young and ignorant.
Have you even read Peratt's book? It's been updated recently by the way.
And you have reading comprehension problems. Among other things. I said you'd still be hanging out with them. You do realise that your cult was started by two Velikovskians? T & T? Do some reading on it.
I don't have faith in a metaphysical cult like you do, and Birkeland's work and Alfven's work and the Peratt's work have *nothing* to do with Velikovsky. Do some reading on it. Oh, I forgot, you only read ignorant mainstream blogs that claim *all* EU/PC solar models predict "no neutrinos", gamma rays, yada, yada, ignorant BS yada.
Not in the way that the woo merchants at your cult think it is. Not that they're qualified to know.
I'm sure that some of their beliefs are wrong, but I know a lot of your beliefs are *more* wrong.
The originally found them before you were born too.
They found gravitational waves.
That was actually an impressive accomplishment from my perspective as well. I'm glad that not *all* of my tax dollars went to waste.
They found a comet, despite not using any of your cult leaders idiotic ideas on gravity.
Psst: I'm a big fan of GR theory without all your metaphysical kludges to 'blunder' theory. EU/PC proponents aren't forced to all think in lockstep like you guys.
You can bore of with this 'lab' nonsense, as well.
Ya, young Earth creationists have the same pathetic attitude when their ideas fail in the lab too.
Your models are rubbish, so it is irrelevant what happens in the lab.
So claims the guy peddling Iron heating nano-faeries. Sheesh. You guys really are worse than YECs.
The real world is not conforming to the scientifically illiterate nonsense espoused by your cult.
No, your cult is too busy making up the next metaphysical nonsense in the sky, like your nano-nonsense. Meanwhile our stuff actually works in the lab.
So, I would suggest you build this alternate electric universe in a lab, and all go live in it. Meanwhile, the rest of us will deal with the real world.
You don't live in the real empirical world, you live in the metaphysical dark ages of physics. EU/PC theory is based on the same principles and processes that make your cellphone work. That's the *real* world.
At least it's not being wasted on scientifically illiterate woo.
Except for your billions of dark matter woo claims.
Still found GWs, neutron stars, gravitational lensing, neutrinos, landed on a comet, the moon, visited Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn etc, etc.
None of that required any dark metaphysical nonsense.
All of this whilst using nothing from the Velikovskian cult, nor finding any evidence for their nutty beliefs.
You're so unethical it's just pathetic. I've explained to you countless times that I don't give a hoot about Velikovky or any such nonsense, and I'm old enough to have actually watched us walk on the moon. By the way, it required EM field theory, but none of your dark metaphysical nonsense.
For which there is at least gravitational lensing evidence. You lot have nothing. Literally.
Gravitational lensing has *nothing* to do with your magical matter claim. Your baryonic mass estimates are just a joke.
Who cares less what you think? And Alfven admitted it was possible.
Nope. He claimed that MRx theory was pseudoscience and he "hoped" that his double layer paper would put the final nail in that stupid coffin. Alas, it's like a dead zombie.
And his protege, Falthammar, fully accepts it. If he can do that, why can't you?
Actually I personally do accept the *math*. I just reject the stupid name you give it and all the misunderstandings that it causes. If you called it "circuit reconnection" I'd be on board 100 percent. As it stands however I've seen RC, Clinger and many others confuse the hell out of themselves over the stupid name that you give it. Even you're confused as hell if you think you're going to get MRx without electricity and/or currents.
After all, people like him and Tusenfem know far more about plasma physics than anybody associated with your cult.
Pfft. Tell tusenfem he too still owes me a math formula to express a non zero rate of 'magnetic reconnection' without plasma since he failed to correct Clinger and RC.
Your opinions are irrelevant.
Except they work in the lab and all your MRx experiments require current and/or electric fields.
Me? Since when? I just happen to have studied enough relevant science, formally and informally, to know BS when I see it. And believe me, EU is BS.
Ya, except I saw for myself today how you reacted to me explaining to you how Birkeland came to predict that both ions and electrons were present in solar wind, so I don't believe anything you have to say. I also so you peddling nano-flaeires based on affirming the consequent fallacies today as well, so your reputation isn't impressive IMO.
Do not make me laugh! Thornhill? You? Scott?
No, Birkeland, Alfven, Peratt, Bruce and Lerner.
Hey, at least I got you to talk about God today.
That's a plus.
What are we going to be educated on?
The value of empirical physics and empirical explanations.
By people who aren't even relevantly qualified?
Alfven won a Nobel Prize but you've never read his book, have you? Do you have a Nobel too?
Nah, that even seems goofy to me.
Well, SAFIRE did generate electric cratering but it would require a lot more current than a planet tends to experience.
You got me there. I never heard of it.
Definitely! You'd actually have to read Birkeland's work for yourself however instead of just *assuming* I'm lying to you every time that I discuss his work.
Sorry, you can keep that rubbish. I'll choose to reside in the real world.
Like I said, you don't live in the real world. You live in the dark ages of astronomy, where invisible superstitious nonsense rules the universe.