Re: To John Harshman -- re Isochrons


Zoe wrote:
On 22 Feb 2006 08:55:45 -0800, "Von R. Smith" <traklman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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the questions on the floor are:

1. Why does a molten core act like a solid?


Because it is solid.


2. How are fossils dated? Are they connected to rocks scattered in
the vicinity of the dig, and the ages of those rocks are attributed to
the ages of the fossils? Or are the fossils taken from a
cross-section of layers as seen in the Grand Canyon, and then the
igneous layers above and below are dated?


I believe this question has already been answered several times, and I
see no reason to waste my time adding to the list of explanations when
experience suggests that you will simply ignore any bits you don't
like.



3. If the age of rocks are not times since solidification but a view
into the age of the earth, affected by remelts and other factors over
time, then can fossils be justifiably connected to those dates for
determining their age?


I addressed this in my previous post, and your response was to snip
without comment.


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If you want your suggestion that they are wrong to be
taken seriously,

I am not interested in being taken seriously. I am interested in
satisfying my own curiosity.



I addressed question 3, and you snipped my response without comment.
That is not the action of somebody who is curious; it is the action of
somebody who doesn't want to deal with inconvenient facts. You are not
curious about anything except how you can protect your worldview
against knowledge.




you need to present more than just "Well, it's an
interpretation, so it *might* be wrong, and I believe that it is."

those are your words. Now, can you answer my questions above?

And add to those:

4. Is the inner core of the earth a solid because:

a. It is cold in there.
b. It is hot but there is nowhere for the melted elements and
isotopes to go, so they just sit there, compressed?
c. Other. If other, explain.


c. Pressure. You do understand that pressure affects things like
boiling points and melting points, right?

.

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