A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy by Ross Hugh

Author:Ross, Hugh [Ross, Hugh]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: RTB Press
Published: 2015-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

Dire Consequences

From an anthropic perspective (the fine-tuning of the universe’s characteristics so as to permit the possibility of human life), constancy of radiometric decay rates is essential. The radiation intensity from decay rates thousands or millions of times more rapid at any point in history (even before Adam and Eve’s creation) would destroy the possibility of life on Earth. In addition to the radiation damage, the heat released from such increased decay rates would evaporate Earth’s water and melt its rocks. That same heat would drive enormous circulation eddies in Earth’s mantle, keeping the planet’s surface in a state of chaos.

Radiometric decay rates are a function of the weak nuclear force. Any significant change, plus or minus, in the value of the weak-nuclear-force coupling constant would keep supernovae from expelling essential planet-building and life-building heavy elements, rendering physical life impossible. A substantial increase in the value of that coupling constant (from increased radiometric decay rates) would leave the universe and Earth with virtually no neutrons. Without neutrons, hydrogen would be the only element in the cosmos.

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