[asa] Mike Riddle's YEC astrophysics

I watched almost half and grew tired of his misrepresentations and hand
waving.

His Lunar orbital age account was horrible. He carefully showed how close
the Moon would have been to Earth in various increments of time based on the
known recession rate of 4 cm per year (3.8 cm). When he reaches 1 billion
years, he shows the Moon being only 28,400 miles closer to Earth. [Note
that he has likely transposed the 8 and 4 since that should state 24,800
miles, which means all of his figures are off slightly.]

Then he makes the absurd claim that at 1.4 billion years the Moon is in
contact with us, yet his progression clearly should it would not. He simply
states that it was not a linear progression, which is true, and claims the
1.4 billion contact date. I would bet a dollar to a donut no peer-reviewed
paper exists on this will claim. There are simply too many variables.

His claim that all comets should have burned up by now is also absurd.
Comets must first come near the Sun in order to burn up. If they linger out
there, why shouldn't they be there.

He accepts that the Kuiper Belt is there, then argues that it is not,
including a terrible misquote of Alan Stern.

He says science must go on faith that the Oort Cloud exists. That reveals a
clear lack of understanding on his part at to what science is. He ignores
that science certainly allows theories where observation is possible in
principle. Larger telescopes, much larger, or outbound space scopes are all
that we lack. Someday we will know, not unlike the Kuiper Belt, duh.

He fails to mention just how difficult objects are to observer at such
distances. If we were to move Jupiter to about 9,500 a.u., the Hubble would
not be capable of seeing it. The Oort Cloud is much futher out still. Talk
about not presenting the whole story.

He claims that the Earth would have all been frozen based on the current
Solar model which has the Sun heating by about 40% since first light. He
presents nothing regarding all the other variables that affect surface
temperature. Just go to Venus and compare.

His morphology of galaxies is deplorable. What is seen is a distinct
morphology and in accord with much of what is known of galaxy formations.
His misquote of Silk is unfair, I'm sure.

This is the superficial approach to selling their faith and it is unfair to
the lambs that end up following these wolves.

Coope

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Received on Mon Jun 23 19:47:42 2008