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Offline blackhole

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THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
THIS is probably old, but I can't resist pointing out a couple of recent comments made on the video:

Quote from: xpez
Stars form from aggregate gases,&change sizes during their existence. Its not a big leap to accept that planets can expand through some kind of fundmental molecular reaction at the core.

There are thousands of volcanoes around the world forcing gas, lava, and pressure OUTWARD.

Others say Pangea on a normal sizd Earth would have made a lop-sided Earth, this undeniably contradicts the balancing effects of gravity.

Ow.

Quote from: nealadamsdotcom
conde and Colton and hammer Do you boys KNOW WHERE MATTER COMES FROM?? Hmmmm
MAGIC? Big Bang? GOD? POOF?
It's MADE!
Where????
Where we can't SEE IT,...like NOT IN SPACE. well, that's not true. Some IS made there, I mean a lot!
We DO have a ****LOAD of MATTER, don't we??
It's made, where we can't SEE the process, in the Plasma outer core of the Earth begun at the inner core!....NO?
Do YOU,....know where it's made?? Con? Colt? Hammer?
That's why those BALLS are there, To make more matter.

Ow.

 

Offline iamzack

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
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Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
Quote from: nealadamsdotcom
conde and Colton and hammer Do you boys KNOW WHERE MATTER COMES FROM?? Hmmmm
MAGIC? Big Bang? GOD? POOF?
It's MADE!
Where????
Where we can't SEE IT,...like NOT IN SPACE. well, that's not true. Some IS made there, I mean a lot!
We DO have a ****LOAD of MATTER, don't we??
It's made, where we can't SEE the process, in the Plasma outer core of the Earth begun at the inner core!....NO?
Do YOU,....know where it's made?? Con? Colt? Hammer?
That's why those BALLS are there, To make more matter.

But it doesn't make a bit of difference guys. 13.8 billion years gone remember, the balls are inert.

...seriously, that theory is so full of holes that shooting it down would be a coup de grĂ¢ce, but I'll just point out the various places on Earth where it can be observed that tectonic plates are actually gliding towards each other, as opposed to his theory where all the plates would move apart from each other... These places are called mountain ranges and subduction zones and they're all over the world, and they seriously don't fit in Mr.Adams' hypothesis. In addition to that piece of evidence, note that he doesn't even attempt to explain the mechanism how the matter is created - it's one form of the God of the gaps* - and moreover in cosmological scale he does nothing to explain the observations about accelerating expansion of universe despite the significant mass increase based on his hypothesis.

It's a hypothesis that relies on flawed observations (including only accepting observations that fit the hypothesis and ignoring the evidence to contrary) and in fact I can't really tell if the site is a joke or if he's as serious as the timecube guy, but as far as scientific value goes... I would value this hypothesis around the same as timecube. If he's serious, he's made up his mind and no evidence contrary will convince him otherwise because it's a conspiracy from the science community at large to conceal the "fact" that they actually don't "know" anything... :rolleyes:

I've had interaction with guys that have their pet theories, and without exception they have proven themselves not worthy of notice or acknowledgement. At least Mr.Adams doesn't butt into forums trying to spread his gospel of "new physics", unlike the trolls that come into a certain Finnish science magazine's forum (which most of the time revolves around anything by science), start spamming a LOT of threads on how their new idea of everything explains everything with a single principle (execpt they can't explain the principle in any scientific manner and when asked questions about it, it turns out that this idea/principle can be adapted to fit every situation...).


*God of the Gaps in this case takes the form of an unknown mechanism that creates more mass to "explain" the observations; it's the same thing really, actually with the same religious connotations too - since Mr. Adams believes in his observations (and ignores evidence to contrary) he has to believe that something makes those observations possible, so he invents an unknown mechanism of making the "observations" possible. It's a belief system built on cascading evidence and if he were to question the integrity of his "observations", the whole hypothesis would become as meaningless to him as it is to anyone with some basic understanding of geophysics (and astrophysics for that matter).

But, again I need to invoke Poe's Law and point out that I have no way of knowing if this is just an elaborate and realistic parody or a real tin foil hat on a roll.
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Offline Mefustae

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
I'm a geologist.

The Earth is not expanding.

If you disagree, please reread.

 

Offline Romanmolf

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Very Nice












 

Offline Pred the Penguin

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Wow.....

I think a few of my brain cells committed suicide. :blah:

 

Offline Kosh

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It reminds me of the Flat Earth conspiracy theory.
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Offline IronBeer

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Stand by...
http://xkcd.com/258/
There you go.  :nod:
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Offline Romanmolf

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It's amazing that this could actually be true.  :rolleyes:

 

Offline iamzack

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I know where matter comes from.
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Offline redsniper

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WHY DID I WATCH THE WHOLE THING???
"Think about nice things not unhappy things.
The future makes happy, if you make it yourself.
No war; think about happy things."   -WouterSmitssm

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Offline iamzack

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You're a masochist. Why don't you come over later? :3
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Offline redsniper

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It's too far and I'd rather not infringe on Tura's... business.
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The future makes happy, if you make it yourself.
No war; think about happy things."   -WouterSmitssm

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Offline iamzack

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But the world is growing.
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Offline redsniper

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No it isn't. :p
"Think about nice things not unhappy things.
The future makes happy, if you make it yourself.
No war; think about happy things."   -WouterSmitssm

Hard Light Productions:
"...this conversation is pointlessly confrontational."

  

Offline iamzack

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
Oh. Well, I guess that means you have to be my gimp, then.
WE ARE HARD LIGHT PRODUCTIONS. YOU WILL LOWER YOUR FIREWALLS AND SURRENDER YOUR KEYBOARDS. WE WILL ADD YOUR INTELLECTUAL AND VERNACULAR DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN. YOUR FORUMS WILL ADAPT TO SERVICE US. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

 

Offline IceFire

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
Well I suppose the Earth is heading towards middle age and things aren't quite as trim as they used to be.

:)
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Offline NGTM-1R

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's the Big Rip, and we're all screwed.
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Offline Daniel P

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
Earth is growing at a rate of a millimeter per 10,000 years.
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Offline redsniper

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Re: THE EARTH IS GROWING! (Conspiracy theory)
how?
"Think about nice things not unhappy things.
The future makes happy, if you make it yourself.
No war; think about happy things."   -WouterSmitssm

Hard Light Productions:
"...this conversation is pointlessly confrontational."