Debunking Creationist Geology (Part 2B)

FINALLY, after much delay, I've finally finished the video, rendered everything, and uploaded it. This video was finished several months ago, but I've been rather busy with other projects and testing a few video production ideas in order to smooth the production process in the future.

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[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.

[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. =)

[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'.

[d00m0racl3]

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

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

[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.

[piprod01]

CATions are PUSSYtive.

That's how I remember it.

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

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