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The magnetic field is weakening faster than they thought
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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 2571795" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>From the same article: "Previously, researchers <em>estimated</em> the field was weakening about 5 percent per century, but the <em>new data </em>revealed the field is actually weakening at 5 percent per decade, or 10 times faster than <em>thought</em>."</p><p></p><p>See what I mean about cherry picking?</p><p></p><p>The entire thing is estimated. New data has changed those estimations....so we don't actually know that the field is "weakening faster than before" do we? </p><p></p><p>It <em>appears</em> to be weakening faster than we <em>thought</em> it was. That is vastly different than saying the earth's field is weakening faster than in the past. If you can't make that distinction, then there's really no point in discussing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 2571795, member: 42"] From the same article: "Previously, researchers [I]estimated[/I] the field was weakening about 5 percent per century, but the [I]new data [/I]revealed the field is actually weakening at 5 percent per decade, or 10 times faster than [I]thought[/I]." See what I mean about cherry picking? The entire thing is estimated. New data has changed those estimations....so we don't actually know that the field is "weakening faster than before" do we? It [I]appears[/I] to be weakening faster than we [I]thought[/I] it was. That is vastly different than saying the earth's field is weakening faster than in the past. If you can't make that distinction, then there's really no point in discussing it. [/QUOTE]
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