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BurnerMcBurnername
I need to know what nobber cheeks are, I might actually be into having them slapped
BellaKiss
'Nobber' is a northern English shortening of nob head (dick head). 'Cheeks' are cheeks.
UnskippableAd
I disagree. I think the eart is 4.55 billion years old. Fight me.
textilelover
He'll fight you with evidence. If your evidence is better than his, he'll change his theory. That's what science DOES.
DiscoShaman
Hardon collider
PossibleSarcasm
Is this what passes for witty these days?
RationalViking
enough is enough. its nice to see someone not dance around the porridge.
pokebug666
Is this that Human Brian who is constantly evolving?
HavocCurse
I remember the day LHC was first used. I learnt "I didn't do my homework because I thought the world was going to end" is not a good excuse.
SaffronTeabagPierogi
Brian Cox gives me the same feels as Carl Sagan. Awe inspiring explanations and complete intolerance for fuckery. Watch his shows!
LaLiam
I have never heard this guy swear before
boneh3ad
SomeCrazyNerd
Are you sure that's not Kenneth Brannagh?
boonearoo
He has a point...
LordOfTheDownvotes
Nah, it just means I didnt p-hack enough.
lowkeybrotherofthor
This goes for most things though. You gotta prove what you say will work.
TypicalNPRnerd
Comic Sans
boneh3ad
Fair. I didn't make the image.
k0pkl
Nice recovery
TeenageMightyMutantMorphingNinjaPowerTurtleRangers
Things can only get better for Brian Cox
GooberSnotpants
Just learned about Nibru. Funny stuff.
BrownskinOriental
They are colliding particles and creating minute black holes. But then it' poof gone anyway. And we're not dead so that's proof enough.
Kyman201
Reminds me of some shitwit I saw interviewed on The Daily Show, who said there was a 50% chance the LHC would destroy the world. (1/2)
Kyman201
His logic: "Either it will or it won't. So 50% chance." Oliver's response was "I don't think that's how statistics work." (2/2)
misanthropicallygregarious
YET! /s
GilderoyPopDropNLockart
Brian Cox...sounds like he's had enough of everyone's shenanigans
beedoubleuthree
Less than 4.5 billion years? I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.
Ellimem
I call shenanigans.
RationalViking
I'm going to pistol whip the next person who says shenanigans.
Jessemandias
http://imgur.com/Iy4AVgb
JHawke
Well, with a name like that he's bound to have had his fill of shenanigans around the age of 14.
Magicflutefreddie
I see what you did.
vikingvampireangel
What if I believe it to be 4.55 billion years old instead??
textilelover
Then you'd better have the evidence to back up your claim. And it's "theorize" not "believe."
vikingvampireangel
Theory is to conjecture with evidence. Belief is the emotional connection one has that they are correct. They are not mutually exclusive.
textilelover
Emotional connection w/o evidence has 0 place in science. You may passionately defend your theory, but w/o solid evidence, it's religion.
vikingvampireangel
Do you believe that what you experience is reality? There is no logic that is not tainted with personal bias.
balmut
SilverNicktail
For the inevitable shitwits, "the blink of an eye" on this scale is still 25 *million* years. Don't do that thing you were going to.
igec
Peperoni!
pairofd
This is the worst way to convey a message. WORST
FourOrangeCircles
I DESIRE AN AQUAPIG
fluhatinrapper
I hear they tast3 like fish.
swinglinered
aquapig, aquapig, does everything an aquapig does!
TrashRemastered
It would have been easier for you to find the video and link it than get all of these gifs.
Orion1453
And it would've been more enjoyable.
balmut
Obviously not
He4rtless
The sass is strong.
Zahnradfee
Seals come from bears, whales come from hippos, manatees come from elephants ... what will come from pigs?
AnAsOfYetUnidentifiedIndividual
Impossible to predict reliably
TastyBrainMeats
Something that doesn't exist yet.
GivOsEnSocialistiskKalmarUnion
Man-bear-pig
fluhatinrapper
Pig lazer guided sky rockets.
barbaavis
Bacon
AnAsOfYetUnidentifiedIndividual
MercyHallows
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RepostSadistic
Al Gore.
blechinger
Manbearpig.
wafflestompa
Isn't says "4.54 billion or fuck off" kinda dumb? What if I think it's closer to 4.5? Am I a fucking idiot? I'm just sayin
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I guess it depends if you have data to support a 4.5 figure. If you think it's closer to 4.5 based without evidence then yeah that's dumb(1)
Rumpocalypse
If you have evidence for that claim then you probably wouldn't need to fuck off
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
(2)but obviously this post is targeted at young-earth creationists who think it's 10k years old.
wafflestompa
True, good point. It seems like such a specific number to me though.
antmansclone
Christian here, to let people know there are a lot of biblical statements that point to a 4.5 billion year old earth.
cromle
The Actor?
cromle
Pic related: /a/78oXk
HeadlessJensen
I love this man so much, always have and always will.
personalpackagehandling
Do yourself a favor and listen to his podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage
alucarduk1973
Discovered that on the last episode of last years season. Very funny way of learning stuff. Glad it's back for a new season
Smallbrownrabbit
Been following that for years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads That are also on iTunes
WaitingForCoffee
Science's rock star
Twatimz
I don't think many people know he was in D:ream
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
"shitwit". I'll be using that one for sure.
Janusha
The correct term is fuckwit. But I guess he was holding back somewhat
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I love it, adopted it the last time this dump was posted.
NotAMeatPopsicle
Correct term is "fucknozzle" as per the person that corrected Cox.
CanadianOneDollarCoin
I have no idea who this person is but I like the moxy
UnderstandsAnimeBetterThanLife
You don't? He's awesome, look him up :)
CanadianOneDollarCoin
I definitely will. Thank you
jakeinthehood
https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=9z5nWeDsCqLH8Ae9uq-ADg#q=watch+wonders+of+the+universe
LaLiam
He teaches Physics/ Physics with Astronomy at Manchester in the UK. Also presented several different programmes of the universe.
CanadianOneDollarCoin
Thank you
pairofd
He's a fantastic science communicator
CanadianOneDollarCoin
Thank you
BeeStingsAndHoney
The only issue I have with him is that he is egotistical, and ego clouds rational thought. He can present the logical case and not be an ass
DE888Wms
The Ego is neither good nor bad; It has true and false beliefs--like colors of a painter's palette to paint the landscape of your mind with.
goingtochipotlewitharistotle
Maybe egotistical. Or maybe just done with everyone's shit. Hard to be patient when you're an expert dealing with arrogant amateurs.
BeeStingsAndHoney
For sure. I haven't seen these amateurs, though. I mean, apart from a moron in our Aus politics talking to him about climate change..
sayfcknwhat
I think non-science people usually call science people "egotistical" just because they know their shit. Also all TV people are asses. ;)
quintusfontane
A brilliant mind housed in a smug, self-satisfied git.
TheDivineUsersub
I believe that both are needed because there is no "one size fits all" attitude. Some people learn from composure, some people need the -
TheDivineUsersub
- bandaid ripped off their hairy leg before they realize a new perspective.
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
The imagery in this gets you an upvote
TheDivineUsersub
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or just a dozen, if you can form the right sentence.
BeeStingsAndHoney
Ouch. Next time rip it off slower.. I'm kinky like that.
cryogenian
Upvotes for this.
BeeStingsAndHoney
Downvoted for calling out smugness? I don't understand people sometimes. How unreasonable was my comment?
ThanatosElNyx
Smugness is subjective. What you find smug, someone else may not find smug and think you're trying to discredit the original speaker.
cryogenian
It wasn't. Some people think being an asshole is cool and hip. Like Brian Cox. Just plain stupid no matter what you're arguing.
BeeStingsAndHoney
Yeah exactly. I know many smart people. The moment they get cocky, they demonstrate irrational thinking over logical.
ChucklePuss
I disagree. The fact that he's egotistical is immaterial. Newton was manically depressed and died alone. It doesn't negate his discoveries.
MinorityOpinion
Egotism is the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself, and features an inflated opinion of one's personal importance. i.a.
MinorityOpinion
"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm - but the harm does 1/3
WaitingToExplode
I want to find Brain Cox, marry him, and eat his brain
TheHummusAmongUs
Is that like a "what's his is mine" type of thing? Interesting...
KonaDarbles
Someone reverse this
baldewok
A girl friend of mine gave him diving instructions. Genuinely nice guy I hear.
krapmyself
If I didn't know any better I would think you are a praying mantis.
WaitingToExplode
Wearing a very convincing human suit
shinymetalassassin
Agreed. Very convincing.
FrankyBabes
He lectures at my university. His lectures had people on the door checking that students were ACTUALLY doing physics, and not just fans.
MyBodyIsBready
stressfairy
Upvote for the One Piece gif
SomeCrazyNerd
Eat his flesh to gain his power.
KrisMEOW1
Well hello Hannibal
moneypulator
First,wait for him to explode.
Improbabilitydrive42
I..uhm had similar plans... but I'd like to see how yours pan out.
HypocriticalBastard
...One of these is not like the others
Framtonm
GET IN LINE!
Diolas
In that order?
Galvanax
Sooooo you're part praying mantis?
blainetog
I don't think that's how science works.
TastyBrainMeats
I want to do two of those things.
missastromccluskey
don't blame you. I love him.
krimeariver41
VidiVeniThenSheLeft
Calm down, Sylar
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
Dibs on the body
WaitingToExplode
I'll fight you for it
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
AfkingMyMain
I'm from Manchester, he has permanent security outside his office at the uni apparently
pisdhiuasdhius
joegolf31
Heya Tom, its Bob from the office down the hall.
kapp70
Me too, except the cannibalism, and I'm a straight as an arrow dude, at least I was until I saw Brian Cox.
itsprobablyaLie
Talk about a fuckin curve ball, jesus
bundleofwoodensticks
I'm a phd. I can spew science and insult people if you'd like to rip my spine out and beat me with it.
WaitingToExplode
That's a tempting offer
AlphaCheeks
Well that escalated quickly
SederHishtalshelus
Fuck
Zixtank
Yeah. You can't marry a guy you just met.
Pukako
But can you eat their brain?
DrPeroxide
Well at that point you're their spouse, it's only fair you get some elevated rights.
Theta001
i feel like it gives you first dibs at least
WaitingToExplode
Almost as fast as the large hadron collider
boneh3ad
That was actually quite a slow process.
gestaltist
There are two kinds of people
SonOfTheShire
It's not unreasonable. I mean, no one's going to eat his eyes.
goingtochipotlewitharistotle
This made me wheeze. You are gold, my friend. I want these things for you as well.
WaitingToExplode
Thank you for your well wishes , friend
GlitterFaerie
"Now remember, you eat the brain to get the power."
zombiedukut
Eating the heart after it's freshly ripped out gives you the power the brain knowledge, the eyes foresight
GlitterFaerie
I don't think you got the reference
BookJunkie27
WaitingToExplode
Me, every day
poeandfinn
I'd settle for eating Cox's cock
Nuggetti
Found the master butcher.
boneh3ad
AngryFoodTerror
kevinlo1
Lol
AbsolutelyNoEffortAtAll
You mean eat his Brian.
balmut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7J12_877Kk
crankyoldgeezer
What I want to know is how he still seems like a grad student when he was born in '68. Clearly It must be a pact with the devil.
terrorofthederp
At the start of each academic year he slaughters one of the freshers and bathes in their blood, murmuring about protons and neutrons.
crankyoldgeezer
you took me on a voyage and i liked it. thx!
Jaqdakloun
Blasphemy you speak !!!! it's clear he has retained his youth through scien...ooohhh! I see what you did here.
crankyoldgeezer
:)
pukeface666
I want to watch.
WaitingToExplode
It'll cost ya
Zoroasterisk
Heya Tom it's Bob, from the office down the hall...
TheArkaneFennec
Good to see you buddy how've ya been~?
Zoroasterisk
Things have been OK for me except that I'm a Zombie now
TheArkaneFennec
Sorry for the late reply, imgur mobile sucks for notifications. Nice to meet a fellow JoCo fan!
mgmegadog
Can you film your slow, inevitable death from kuru? Because the brain is just about the worst part of the human body you can eat.
AngryFoodTerror
mgmegadog
Sexual Cannibalism? Vore? People slowly going insane? Gimme the deets.
AngryFoodTerror
All of 'em.
mgmegadog
Ah, a true connoisseur.
Volimar
They turned on the LHC and we all shifted into a world where Trump was electable. Damn you science!
DE888Wms
Trump won because millions believed his lies, millions didn't bother to fact-check; because millions believed the lies against Hillary ; etc
RoyalewithCHeeSes
What if this explains everything ?!?
BigSnicker
Unfortunately it was the DNC that made that possible, by selecting the second least popular politician in the US.
GinOClock
We gave our parents Facebook* fixed it
AOCsUnshavenChode
every quote here is him bitching about not being taken seriously enough or about stupid. if you deal in facts, how is bitching imperative?
AOCsUnshavenChode
*stupid ppl. karma bitches.
FunshineBear
These five pictures in no way sum up his work. It's just a post of funny quips from a scientist communicating in a nontraditional manner,
FunshineBear
who's tired of having to deal with false equivalencies and the fears and insecurities of the less-educated needlessly holding back progress.
EarlGreyOrDeath
Armstrong punched a dude for bugging him about the moon landing being fake, sometimes you can only take so much.
ErrareHumanumEww
...Aldrin.
EarlGreyOrDeath
Buzz Aldrin! You're correct, yesterday was a mess for me.
graehall
Are you claiming that what he's saying here is him bitching that he personally is not taken seriously enough?
AOCsUnshavenChode
no, more the sceintific community. although both types of complaining comes from the same place - insecurity & need for validation
AOCsUnshavenChode
*external validation
graehall
That is definitely one way to interpret his statements. Or is that misinterpret. Nah, you're fine :P
AOCsUnshavenChode
okey doke
Kamasu0Tra
I have to ask; are you religious?
AOCsUnshavenChode
anytime you question the scientific community, this is whats asked. 2x this month. no. I just think critically and am skeptical of ppl who 1
AOCsUnshavenChode
attempt to assert their superiority.
ruzid
Oh look, it's science-y Keanu Reeves guy.
GuardsmanMiku
welp i'm never gonna get that mental image out
Gsandwiches
ILuvMyUserName
Also former keyboard player for band D:Ream
natabus
Why not Keanu-Reeves-y Science Guy?
RogueLanguageModel
I am used to thinking of him as a more of a Cillian Murpho-esque person
JustAnotherImgurHuman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ruBtLIvJM
WeirdOnions
I think he looks like a cross between Keanu Reeves and Mads Mikkelson.
SpaztiC829
Keanu Reeves' and Zach Braff' s love child.
BangForTheBuck
Non ginger Ron
Sammyv17
I thought it was the guy from final fantasy xv
TasslehoffBurrfoot
This guy kinda ruins the black/white science guy...
HOWBOI
There's your 1000th upvote, good day sir
ruzid
It's my first time, I feel honored
badalalala
Larry Page's unborn twin.
crankyoldgeezer
Like Keanu he doesn't age
CptRobotNinja
I feels like he dyes his hair to get that grey pattern
akki14
It's actually quite a lot older than he looks. Much like Keanu.
Dhangover
James Blunts smarter older brother.
ButterfaceTaintClown
James Sharp
mmcg5
scepticpsycho
Wow, you're beautiful.
DongSayaDae
I spat out the toast in my mouth as i started laughing, thanks.
NinjaCongo
Best psychobilly band name ever: James Sharp and the Large Hardon Collider
terrorofthederp
Man, that was a good one!
PelvicThrustOfAThousandSuns
You deserve more upvotes
UrGyPc
Science-y British Keanu Reeves guy
ItalianSteak
Huh. So if I copy this to add more humour I'll get more upvotes? Science-y Keanu Reeves Guy
koehl01
Forgot the humor part :)
ItalianSteak
That was the humor, I didnt mean to make fun of the other guy
koehl01
I got you fam. Had my +1 all along
ThatIrishLass
Your plan seems to have backfired.
ItalianSteak
On the contrary! It was exactly what I planned.......
SchwartzenLochSonnenschein
That Neo guy
Eddwyn
That's the thing about science: it doesn't care if you believe or not, it simply exists.
Ihateyouallsosomuch
"Eppur si muove"
reqpiuorqiuoeiuroqeuiorqe
The thing about your stupid argument is literally anyone could use it for literally anything. And also science is a method of inquiry.
boneh3ad
Peregrine2976
**Black Science Man
daguq
This quote is so annoying. It promotes the opposite of scientific reasoning.
NotAMeatPopsicle
No, science is the activity and organized knowledge from systematic study of the world through observation & experiment. ~Dictionary.com
raminagrobis
That's not exactly true. Science isn't reality but a model for reality. Reality exists outside of us, models are true only in our mind. 1/2
CatOnAKeyboard
Whether reality exists outside out minds is a complex philosophical problem, but yea, we can make models that describe our observations
raminagrobis
Ultimately all models rely on maths / logic, and maths are true in a mathematician's mind. It is a language, it can be used to tell lies 2/2
Catfactory
That's the thing about what science describes*. If nobody believes in science then nobody funds it and science disappears, lost to time. 1/2
crankyoldgeezer
Well said
NotAMeatPopsicle
Spot on. Things exist and actions occur; science is the study and organized knowledge of "the things and actions".
Catfactory
2/2 Don't underestimate how important it is to believe in scientists, their work, and their results.
idkalotaboutnothing
so what your saying is that when it comes to science, all you need is faith? Isn't this how anti-vax became a thing.
Catfactory
No. Not at all.
crankyoldgeezer
+1 for the username
MinorityOpinion
And don't _overestimate_ either. Published research shows 50% of published research is wrong.
crankyoldgeezer
I love his enthusiasm for science on tv. screw ignorant twats who get butthurt bc they want their bs to be believed. Call stupid stupid.
buzzy462
Which pretty much refers to all religions. But oh no dont screw with faith, but if I told them I beleive in the force and the jedi, Im cray
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
I met him once during a school trip in Brisbane. A few stupid people asked some stupid questions and he did not hold back in roasting them.
crankyoldgeezer
That is so cool
IreallyMGur
I loved when he would say Billion Billion Billion Billion Billion Billion and so on and so forth
crankyoldgeezer
Passion & enthusiasm for your field coupled with smarts is so inspiring!
Wedriftdeeper
Crossmalaki
Seriously, we need more graduates of the Christopher Hitchens School of Dealing with Morons.
crankyoldgeezer
Agreed
Vaanhalen
You should look up what he had to say about the Clintons
Vaanhalen
Fundamentally, tho, u can't improve the level of critical discourse by devolving into angry name calling
crankyoldgeezer
Who cares, it can get you to President.
Vaanhalen
Just like anyone can toss paint and make a Jackson pollock
crankyoldgeezer
Well no, Pollock's work is not thrown paint but an exploration of fractals in oil painting. I think we have all been to kind to ignorance1/2
crankyoldgeezer
2/2 in the name of pluralism. I am calling bigots: "bigots" & dumbasses: "dumbasses."
grovberg
No one has ever been convinced to change their viewpoint by being yelled at.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
If you enter a debate using pure ignorance as the basis of your argument, you don't deserve to be considered part of it.
grovberg
That's a fine attitude as long as you only care about being right.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
So we should consider ignorance as a valid standpoint in a debate? Or denial of evidence? You're being very vague
krapmyself
Amen. May God above and Jesus bless this comment.
ConcerningFart
If Greek Mythology was once a religion, does that mean when enough people stop believing in the Christian God, it too will become a myth?
Melusin
it was always myth. a myth is a supernatural story that some people believe to be true
ConcerningFart
A bit like all religions then
thegreatalan
religion=myth
thegreatalan
hell yeah, do you know many who still believe in the magic snake creation story? eventually all religion or most of it will be phased out.
ConcerningFart
Yeah, as the world evolves eventually it will go. Sort of like how there are more athiests in the newer generations
Dedeurmetdebaard
EVERYTHINGFUCKINGZEUS
That is discrimination! Why can't I bless it too? Bend over, @crankyoldgeezer, Zeus' blessing is coming in!
crankyoldgeezer
I'll take it too.
Alivid
Read deeper into that username before asking for his “blessing”
crankyoldgeezer
Heehee
pyre
Zeus isn't really big on the whole 'consent' thing. If he want's to give you his 'blessing', there isn't much you can do about it.
Doge12312
While saying that the earth is only a couple thousand years old is bullshit, the precise age of the earth is debateable.
ThePickle
Fucking thank you
bornsleepy
I've just checked, its 2017 years old.
graehall
It's debateable if you describe the degree of precision required. The earth is 4.543b years, old, or slightly either side.
Mikeiller
Exactly. I haven't seen one scientist yet that's been able to tell me what month the earth was created on
kiwiflavored
That would be impossible because a planet takes millions of years to form. Or billions of years if you include the late heavy bombardment...
kiwiflavored
in Earth's process of mass accretion. One could even argue that the process of Earth becoming the planet that we know today took until today
DE888Wms
There are records in China that are 7-8+ THOUSAND years old; Oral Traditions among Native Peoples of the US that are over 10,000 years old.
Xenolith166
Agreed. What SHOULD be said is that according to our best methods, Earth is x age. Our science is young yet. Let's keep growing it.
GuardsmanMiku
yeh but like its probably still gonna be around 4 billion
Xenolith166
the science or the methods, b/c what I'm saying is we might find a better method
Xenolith166
and improve the science, y'know?
RationalViking
That will happen, but it will happen within the error bars we have today, meaning it will fall within 4.59-4.49 billion years.
DakKhuza
its at least one year old
GuardsmanMiku
what if the whole universe and everything in it including your memories was created last thursday?
DakKhuza
correction, the earth is at least an instant old
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
I can prove the earth is 32 Gregorian earth years old.
Zardif
Wrong the universe was created last Thursday at a state so the Earth looks 4.54 billions years old.
stenwhik
This is what a Christian speaker once tried to convince us in our assembly back in my school days.
DakKhuza
why thursday
Zardif
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Last_Thursdayism
DakKhuza
I'm familiar with thursdayism, but why not Wednesdayism?
MysteryX95
You're not wrong
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Yes, but radiometric dating is pretty undeniable. So unless an older sample is found then it's pretty accurate. So it can be debatable
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
I would be interesting to see the proof that supports its dating
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Wait to clarify. I think radiometric dating is irrefutable. If people think otherwise I would be interested in seeing their proof
LaLiam
I mean you could literally read up on the thousands of scholars texts that support it. It's also easy science so you can figure it yourself.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Wait I didn't write my comment clearly. Radio metric is irrefutable. If people say it's debatable I'd be interested to see their proof to
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
The contrary.
RationalViking
Just read up on Radiometric dating, and you'll understand how it works. Best piece of evidence, we have several methods and they 1/2
RationalViking
cross confirm each other. so its very likely to be accurate. 2/2
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Radio metric is irrefutable, I meant that if anyone said that it was debatable, I would love to see their proof to the contrary
RationalViking
Golden ;)
KingBifurious
Using geological principles you can determine age. I've personally seen an un-conformity of over 200 million years between two rocks. 1/2
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Im not disputing that, i think it's irrefutable evidence. I would be interested to see the proof of those who dispute Radio metric aging
KingBifurious
I know it was roughly 200Ma because of records of a glacier that came through there and deposited rocks from elsewhere 2/2
155DangerClose
unless you personally recorded the 200 million years, nothing about that is proog
KingBifurious
Which is why I normally start with "All evidence suggests" or "Using the geological principles", and I have personally recorded 1/2
uadjet
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2075.html. The Earth is at least 4.4Gyr old since we have rocks from then.
MinorityOpinion
The rocks were created neither on the Earth, nor by the Earth. So the date tells you only the when, not the where. 1/2
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
I don't dispute that. I challenge anyone who says radio metric dating is wrong to provide proof to the contrary.
MinorityOpinion
2/2 multi-billion year old rocks fall out of the sky every day.
pairofd
And the guys who do dating know about this. duh. When rocks melt the products of decay diffuse out, resetting the clock.
Pullout69
4.54 billion is not exactly precise.
DarthFutuza
More precise than 4.5 billion years.
Pullout69
That is also correct.
Doge12312
Most of the things we "know" in science are just theories which can be disproven anytime. Saying something is undebateable is ignorant.
Rumpocalypse
Spoken like someone who knows jack all about science.
kiwiflavored
Everything that you as an individual "know" is a lot less certain than a scientific theory. Sc.theories are as good as human knowledge gets.
DisgruntledFerret
If you can disprove germ theory, then by all means submit your proof and win some very well-deserved acclaim.
RaisinZetaJones
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RaisinZetaJones
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- Good one!
Pullout69
You know what else is ignorant? Erroneously conflating theory and hypothesis.
Munchman347
Now you see the difference between science and superstitious dogma. Only one can be safely challenged and amended with new proofs...
RaisinZetaJones
For those who are curious as to why Doge12312 is a big giant retard, science relies on falsifiability to demonstrate its claims. Science
RaisinZetaJones
doesn't prove something is true, it just proves every other possibility false, and leaves whatever's left, however incredible it might seem
RaisinZetaJones
to you, as the only remaining possibility. Gravity, for example, within relativity, does two things: 1. It predicts a model of the universe
RaisinZetaJones
and is able to replicate that model over and over and over. 2. Most importantly, it *disproves* other models. Science doesn't just come up
aGrumpyPotato
"Just a theory" is bs. Theory = the currently best evidenced model; until and unless you get a BETTER substantiated model, it is fact.
Doge12312
You all misunderstood what I was trying to say. I didnt say all science would be wrong, but that there is always room for discussions
RaisinZetaJones
Nope. There is zero room for discussion. There is room for testing hypotheses. That's not a discussion, that's rigour.
Doge12312
And possible new discoveries which can disprove many of the things we "know" today