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To: GourmetDan
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.

730 posted on 07/04/2006 8:19:43 AM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman

You ignoramus.

Radiocarbon dates are extrapolations. They are measuring the amount of C14 and extrapolating a date based on numerous assumptions from the unobservable past.

"Radiocarbon dates are measurements,..."

What a fool.


733 posted on 07/04/2006 9:35:40 AM PDT by GourmetDan
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