****So let me know when you have some info on how RATE controlled for contamination.****
I’ve given you the information where it can be found. If it’s of interest to you, go look it up.
****Contamination is not a trivial issue. Every instance of radiometric dating has to contend with possible contamination. It’s just assumed until ruled out by painstaking methods. Any dated sample that doesn’t deal explicitly with this is worthless.****
I didn’t say it was trivial. While I am not a scientist I’ve done a lot of reading on both sides of this issue and I have a layman’s understanding of how it’s done. The RATE guys say that recent contamination of diamonds is not possible because of its crystal structure....
The larger point is that all dating methods require assumptions. These would be more fatal to accuracy than anything else no matter what view you hold about the age of the earth.
I wouldn't have posted my opinion of RATE if I hadn't looked up their methodology. My questions about their competence, integrity and honesty are mostly rhetorical, but there's always a possibility I'm wrong. If I'm wrong about their lack of controls for contamination, here's your chance to document my error.
Otherwise I will continue thinking they are shit-faced liars.