how is another question

I'm interested in the mechanism

not that it happened or not

well the moon already is a variable

the point is that the sun effects the earth in a way that is connected to earthquakes

?

so if the sun DOES have periods of abnormal activity, it wouldn't just result in radiation

Corrolation does not mean causation.
HOWEVER
Corrolation can be a reliable predicator.

oh, I thought you meant that by examining solar activity, we can use that information to better understand earthquakes

not that the sun *causes* earthquakes

yes, true; coorelation is not causality. however, only an idiot ignore correlation when they don't UNDERSTAND the cause

correlation is cause for inspection

agreed

What do we have to lose?

Potentially everything, how much of a sitting duck do you feel like being today?

well, the speculation or postulating a theory in the absence of a direct cause only can be correlated with other effects elsewhere; like say on the moon and on Venus

True science is not concerned about the "everything" in this scenario. Worst case scenario, you lose some grant money..

if you find evidence that 'something' who knows what happens every 10k yrs or so on venus, and the moon and on earth... you can narrow down the cause pretty quickly

especially if venus showed signs of geological activity 10k yrs ago

I would not be surprised of it hasn't already in our lifetimes, just not measured properly.

it's just an excercise in looking for patterns and seeing when to use supposition and when to used hard evidence

the odds that civilization is only 4k or so yrs old is slim at best given the planet is covered by 75% ocean, much of the ocean floor still unseen

Not entirely on board with the implication but yes. It's a vast unexplored

Although- aliens.

More taboo than your mother's sex habits

Imagine
A Cthulhu-esque race down there.
Judging us.

also, what does it mean that earth's magnetic pole is accelerating southward?

that's something that is a hard-fact

Jesus, some of the shit down south...

the rate at which the pole moves every year is now 4x as fast as it was decades previous

very creepy

Some of the conspiracy theories that direction are interesting

that is quite likely due to the south west anomoly

as the pole moves south, the earth's magnetic field is no longer a dipole

it creates 'holes' where the field fluctuates and is more at risk to solar activity

Has it ever been? Dunno askin

Annnnd, soon we'll all go OCD levels for building pyramids?

I know other planets aren't dipoles

yeah, it is usually pretty uniform

And generally rotating molten metal is not exactly orderly

no one really understands how that mechanism works