Debunking Creationist Geology (Part 2B)

[Samuelwhatshisface]

My teacher at GCSE got it wrong, as well. But she was absolutely sure she was right; I had to teach our class about a week before our exam =]

I went to a particle physics class in my local uni, and the PhD student giving a lecture said 'Protons are positive... and neutrons are negative'.

[anthonzi]

I don't really get the conclusion...

[Geochron]

@anthonzi You'll see in the next video. This video builds on the previous video. In the next (and final) video for "part 2", it will become immediately apparent what the ultimate conclusion is. Rather than put everything in one massive video, I've broken this particular segment into 3 videos: (2A) probability in the formation of rocks and minerals, (2B) fundamentals of mineralogy, and (2C.. unreleased) which ties everything together and validates radiometric dating.

[orpiment99]

If you're interested, my mineralogy professor gave us a trick to remember cations. If you think of a dead cartoon cat, they often have Xs for eyes. Turn the X and you have a +, so CATions are +.

[Geochron]

@orpiment99 I can't believe I made that mistake, but that's a nice way to remember it. I might make a video about it.

[piprod01]

CATions are PUSSYtive.

That's how I remember it.

[d00m0racl3]

@piprod01 now how can any1 forget it when put in that perspective, LMAO!!!

(might sound dirty but its a damn good trick ;] )

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

Anion/Cation is a very common mistake. No worries.

[martialme84]

What claim is exactly debunked in this vid? A link in the sidebar would be helpful...

[Geochron]

@martialme84 "Irreducible complexity in geology". There is a rather famous creationist video that mentions the probability of a rock forming strictly by chance as being 1 in a trillion. Rocks don't form by chance at all.

[SchrodingersFinch]

Perhaps you mixed anions(negative charge) with anodes(usually positive polarity) and cations(positive charge) with cathodes(usually negative polarity).

[Geochron]

@SchrodingersFinch Yes, thank you. I mixed them up. I didn't catch that, which reflects poorly on my part. Those were the last two pieces I recorded at around 4AM.

[Ashybasha]

You mixed up the Anions and Cations. Anions have a negative charge, Cations have a positive charge.

[Geochron]

@Ashybasha THANK YOU. Those were actually the last two bits that I recorded. I can't believe I mixed them up.

[jambimon]

I think positively charged ions are cations, and negatively charged ions are anions. Sorry to nit pick...good vid otherwise...

[Geochron]

@jambimon Yes, I mixed them up early this morning.

[TravisMorien]

When I was a lab demonstrator I taught my students the following mnemonic:

Q: What would happen if you fed potassium or sodium to a cat? A: it would react with water in the cat, and presumably explode. ;)

=> With potassium you make CATions.

It was an easy and memorably graphic way to remember which side of the periodic table makes cations.

[SubjectOfInterest]

I felt like the conclusion was a little hasty, but besides that- good job!

[Geochron]

@SubjectOfInterest I've got a sort of addendum in the next segment. Unfortunately, I had to make it through mineralogy before tackling optical mineralogy and dating rocks. =)

[Geochron]

I will be going back to wide-format videos shortly.