Re: how can I curb a crank who believes in Earth expansion pseudo-theory?
- From: "mike3" <mike4ty4@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 12 Apr 2007 19:12:02 -0700
On Apr 2, 11:29 am, "Pascal Boulerie" <Pascal.Boule...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello,
I need advices to curb a crank who believes in Earth expansion pseudo-
theory.
Ask him where the extra matter is supposedly coming from, and to
provide a physical mechanism for it. That's the one thing the
Expanding Earth crowd can't seem to answer. One guy posited a
"universal pressure law", but when asked what this means, there
was no response.
Even if you assume no extra matter is coming in (such as for example
if the Earth was foamy inside -- one theory I've heard), they should
ask what is driving the expansion of the foam, or the "rising" of the
"bread" of the Earth -- a process which requires energy, since it
involves forcing the Earth's matter outward and apart against the
forces that would hold it together (gravity, structural forces, etc.),
which requires exertion of opposing forces over a distance, which
is doing work, which requires energy. So then he should have to
explain where the energy is coming from (it has to come from
SOMEWHERE as Conservation of Energy is a universal physical
law!).
.
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