[AndyTheBear]

I’m not in the position to evaluate, but those that are believe that result. The main point is that it is important to match the test to the situation.

Suppose I have a theory that bowling balls always do whatever people command them to do. To demonstrate my theory, I match the test of holding the bowling ball in front of me, telling it to fall, and then dropping it. My theory is then validated when the bowling ball falls. A skeptic proposes that I change the test to tell the bowling ball to hover in the air instead of fall. I laugh at the skeptic, and tell them they no nothing of the scientific method. That would be the wrong test for the situation, say I.

[stormer]

I would argue that it it the right test, and falsifies your hypothesis. In the case of dating it is important to use a metric that has value. For example, if I using a test that provides a value that I know is accurate to within 10 million years, it provides a useful result if the object I'm dating is a billion year old (no Helen Thomas pictures, please); if the tested object is a year old, then the test doesn't tell me much at all.