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The Earth’s core is not reversing direction, btw
So your source... And the one that got the most upvotes against a written article that is based on articles written by actual scientists... is TikTok ADHD girl who has what qualifications?
Cause you know... https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/world/earth-core-turning-scli-scn-intl/index.html which is linked in another comment around the same time this one was created... cites at least 3 separate people who claim that the data is sound.
Your girl even admits we know very little about the core of our planet itself and yet can resoundingly claim that she's right?
Her qualifications:
If you watched the video and read the article, you know that what's in dispute is not the data itself, but rather how it's presented. In a Hermes Conrad, "technically correct" kind of way, the headline "the Earth's core has stopped and may be reversing direction" is not objectively wrong, but it's only true with respect to a reference frame that most laypeople would not immediately assume.
As demonstrated in the OP, most people when they hear "the core has stopped spinning", assume that means relative to the Earth's axis, which is not true. The core, along with the rest of the Earth, is still spinning around the axis just fine. The core is just doing it less quickly than the rest of the Earth now. Which is like... Did you even know that the core was previously spinning faster than the rest of the Earth?
So nothing related to earth sciences at all... Thanks! I'll trust the people who are actually specialized scientists that are quoted in the article then.
The scientists didn't pick the headline. An editor -- who I assure you knows nothing about Earth sciences -- picked it, for maximum clickbait.
I read the article. Anyone who just reads headlines these days are more or less dumb. You should know I read it since I could tell you that scientists were quoted in the article... But I guess that went over your head. The point is ultimately that youtube shorts isn't an accurate rebuttal to anything unless the person in the video is a direct source... And in this case you've validated they're not.
Sure thing homie. I just wanted to clear up a common misconception. But if you wanna take a stand about properly citing first-party sources in [email protected], then you do you I guess.
See... if you actually read my comment. It was a complaint that people upvoted a tiktok like video rather than an actual article that contained proper resources. Pointing out that people would rather prefer a bubbly personality rather than actually understanding it.
But you know... you do you I guess.