300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
The prevailing belief among most people, whether they think it's true or not, is that God created a perfect world which became corrupted through human disobedience. We can see a statement like this in Genesis 1:31.
New research has uncovered a flaw in our understanding of the core — specifically, about the manner in which heat energy flows from the core and through the overlying mantle. The core is younger than the rest of the planet.
The first day of creation included development of cellular and multicellular life which was capable of photosynthesis. This may seem far-fetched but it's in harmony with scientific theories of the origin of life.
The fall of man and the corrupted state of creation aren't the same thing. The universe had to be created in a corrupted state so that the fall of man could take place.
Let's be very clear about a key aspect of the Matty's Paradigm premise: The fall of man isn't the fall of creation: the universe was created in a fallen state, the fall of man was when Adam and Eve realized the truth.