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To: King Prout

It's anecdotal, secondhand. I don't have documentation, but it seems to fit with the well-known inaccuracies of various dating methodolgies. Some fairly major assumptions about constancy have to be made - all of which begin assuming the conclusion (Lyell's geological timeframe) as the premise. They are assumptions not subject to falsification, since to do so under the scientific method would require a time machine. That ain't science, it's "science" - speculation.


489 posted on 08/20/2006 10:02:42 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Lexinom
but it seems to fit with the well-known inaccuracies of various dating methodolgies

actually, no. not even slightly.

492 posted on 08/20/2006 10:07:46 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: Lexinom
it seems to fit with the well-known inaccuracies of various dating methodolgies...

I missed this one on my first response.

I do a lot of radiocarbon dating, and I would welcome the chance to discuss the inaccuracies you find in the method. But please, do not rely on the creationist websites for information, as they will lie to you.

Try some of these links first; most are religiously-oriented sites which will provide you with accurate information:

ReligiousTolerance.org Carbon-14 Dating (C-14): Beliefs of New-Earth Creationists

The American Scientific Affiliation: Science in Christian Perspective Radiometric Dating: A Christian Perspective by Dr. Roger C. Wiens.

This site, BiblicalChronologist.org has a series of good articles on radiocarbon dating.

Tree Ring and C14 Dating

Radiocarbon WEB-info Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Waikato, New Zealand.


501 posted on 08/20/2006 10:18:50 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Lexinom
It's anecdotal, secondhand. I don't have documentation, but it seems to fit with the well-known inaccuracies of various dating methodolgies.

ROTFL!

519 posted on 08/20/2006 11:09:23 PM PDT by jennyp (WHAT I'M READING NOW: your mind)
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To: Lexinom
Some fairly major assumptions about constancy have to be made - all of which begin assuming the conclusion (Lyell's geological timeframe) as the premise.

That is a falsehood. The decay rates of radionuclides are measured, not calculated. There is no reference to any assumed time scale.

549 posted on 08/21/2006 5:34:35 AM PDT by DanDenDar
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