Anyway, always a pleasure talking with you. Although we usually disagree, I can depend on you to be intellectually honest, and to make sure I am as well!
There are many [more numerous than old Earth/Universe signs in the billions of years] natural clocks that point to a young age and there are currently no credible explanations of their readily apparent younger ages [link in one of my prior posts].
For starters please explain the origins and recession of the moon. By the way, without the moon doing it’s thing for the ocean tides all life on Earth would cease to exist.
I try to make up my own mind, not assume the prevailing wisdom (or the conspiracy guys) are right.
My basic instinct is “prove it”. I am at heart a contrarian. It has served me well in investing, and other areas.
It’s important to know when a belief is based on personal opinion, facts, or just taking for granted what others say as truth.
The only thing a 10 year old science text book is good for is a doorstop.....My Geology professor told me that one, and it’s true. Yes there are some things that never change like aerodynamic lift characteristics, but the problem is text books are not simply filled with known facts, they are also filled with supposition, and deduction that is constantly being corrected - The Scientific process at work!
However, when we cease to look critically at prevailing theories, we are not doing science anymore, we are doing religion.
Unfortunately, way too many science types are on the “gravy train” of government grants....it’s polluted many disciplines. I know - I worked supporting their tools (supercomputers) for years....I have seen the inside of the sausage factory that is computer modeling......