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I'm proposing that the molten layer of earth's core would basically make the solid inner core not spin at all. As a very rough experiment example, floating a piece of ice in a bucket of water, then spinning the bucket would cause the bucket (earth's crust/mantle) to move. The water (molten outer core) would shift a little, but not move much at all. The piece of ice (inner core) would stay roughly in the same position it was before you spun the bucket.

Hey all, new user here. I mainly created an account to offer this idea: Is it possible that the earth's magnetic poles could be evidence that the solid inner core, made mostly of iron, spins in a way as to generate magnetism, causing magnetic pull throughout the whole planet, much the same way a refrigerator magnet magnetizes to most any magnetic substance? I mean, I'm in no way a scientist. But to me it sounds possible that all the magnetism on earth is centered around the idea that (atomically) electrons spin in an orbit, causing magnetism. So, what if earth's magnetism is due to it's mostly iron mantle/crust spinning orbitally around the iron core? Like an enormous version of an iron atom's electron around a nucleus.