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To: kathsua
Science should be defined as using experimentation and observation to discover information about physical reality. Explanations of what happened in the ancient past cannot be verified using experimentation and observation.

Can long half-life radioisotopes that exhibit billions of years worth of decay, based on experimentation and observations about their physical reality be assumed to actually be billions of years old?

10 posted on 11/29/2012 8:14:49 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

“Can long half-life radioisotopes that exhibit billions of years worth of decay, based on experimentation and observations about their physical reality be assumed to actually be billions of years old?”

The assumption is based on the radioisotopes becoming settled when the rock solidified, and assuming that there was a specific kind of composition that existed in the molten magma when the rock cooled.


16 posted on 11/29/2012 8:27:32 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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