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Date: January 25, 2013 03:25PM
Let's quote it again:
“"Measurements show that the Earth currently runs slow, compared to atomic time, at about one millisecond per day. These data are generated by the USNO using the technique of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). VLBI measures the rotation of the Earth by observing the apparent positions of distant objects near the edge of the observable universe. These observations show that after roughly 1000 days, the difference between **Earth rotation time** and atomic time would be about **one second**. Instead of allowing this to happen a leap second is inserted to bring the two times closer together. We can easily change the time of an atomic clock, but it is not possible to alter the ***Earth's rotational speed*** to match the atomic clocks."
I explained in the detail why the millisecond cannot be due to comparing two clocks with the same constant rate, for they are both using the definition of the same atomic second, and the spin of the earth is NOT constant, which is causing the difference in time.
Now the article also states:
"Confusion sometimes arises over the misconception that the occasional insertion of leap seconds every few years indicates that the Earth should stop rotating within a few millennia. This is because some mistake leap seconds to be a measure of the rate at which the Earth is slowing. The one-second increments are, however, indications of the accumulated difference in time between the two systems."
As explained in my previous post, both "clocks" use the same defintion of a second, and therefore, that logic falls apart.
THis is published by the US government, and it is no different than the LDS prophet saying something to inspire faith in the LDS people to hide the truth of Joseph Smith's indiscretions. The idea of the earth slowing would be publically a disaster that we can't handle, the government supposes, just like the LDS people can't handle the truth about Joseph Smith, so they have relayed the "facts" in such a way to deliberately dismiss the truth:
1) If it is true that the two systems were both constant rates of time, the atomic clock could be easily changed to redefine the second and put both clocks in perfect harmony!
2) That can't ever happen because the earth is slowing and thus, the two clocks will always be different and there needs to be an adjustment.
3) The scientists and governemnt do not want the people to know this, so they present propaganda to hide it, such as this article.
4) The article is so skillfully written, that it deflects the idea that the earth is slowing at a greater rate than science cares to publish and admit.
These four conclusions are hidden deliberately by the article. However, the discrepancies of the two clocks is clearly 1 millisecond per day, which is good data to hang my hat on to determine how fast the earth is slowing down. Again, if the two clocks had "constant rates" the atomic second could be redefined to make both systems agree without a leap second. It's called propaganda. The only reason we can't do that is because the earth is slowing down and the atomic clock is not.
Again, both clocks USE THE SAME DEFINITION of an atomic second, making the logic fall apart in the article.
Keep reading your scientific Ensigns, if you wish. I will be happy to read what you show me, but I will find the discrepencies and share them with you.