[GourmetDan]

I see that you don't know the difference between fact and interpretation.

C14 dates are extrapolations and are therefore interpretations of data, not facts, which are different things altogether.

Quite common mistake among believers.

[OmahaFields]

I see that you don't know the difference between fact and interpretation.

I see that you just take potshots and have no idea what the thread I was discussing contains.

[Coyoteman]

C14 dates are extrapolations and are therefore interpretations of data, not facts, which are different things altogether.

Sorry, absolutely wrong. Radiocarbon dates are measurements, that is, facts or data points. They are repeatable.

With critical samples, archaeologists sometimes divide the sample into two or three pieces and send each to a different lab, just to make sure there are no lab errors. This is not done much anymore because the large commercial labs are extremely sophisticated in their techniques, and their accuracy is extremely good.