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Research Finds Carbon Dating Flawed
eldavojohn writes "New research funded by the National Science Foundation at the University of Miami is showing that carbon dating (the 13C/12C ratio used to infer age) in the ocean can only be trusted up to 150 million years ago. From the primary researcher, 'This study is a major step in terms of rethinking how geologists interpret variations in the 13C/12C ratio throughout Earth's history. If the approach does not work over the past 10 million years, then why would it work during older time periods? As a consequence of our findings, changes in 13C/12C records need to be reevaluated, conclusions regarding changes in the reservoirs of carbon will have to be reassessed, and some of the widely-held ideas regarding the elevation of CO2 during specific periods of the Earth's geological history will have to be adjusted.' While this research doesn't necessarily throw carbon dating out the window, it should cause people to rethink so many theories about early life that revolved around ages of sediment in the oceans."
carbon dating can only be trusted up to 150 million years ago
Does that mean we'll never know for sure how old John McCain is?
"See! We were right!"
Dig a little further and you'll find the maximum age of anything on the earth is 20000 years. Satan has manipulated scientific results throughout the ages in order to steer the flock from the only knowledge that truly matters- that Jesus is your savior and no one cares about some dirty rocks under the ocean.
Will there be a patch?
Sig? What sig? Do I have to have a sig!?!?
I was going to switch to one of those plastic blow up dolls until I found out that they're loaded with carbon too!
Engineering is the art of compromise.
For crying out loud its a belief. Beliefs are by nature irrational. If you believe that the earth was created by aliens, God, etc it can't be proven either way.
Unless god(s) or the aliens actually shows up and confirms it of course. Even then I reckon there will be wide-ranging debate on the issue.
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I'm sure the carbon dating will prove that the Earth was created 6000 years ago as scienticians re-evaluate the alchemy involved in the study of Earths history. Me and my buddies at the NRA were waiting for the Truth to come out and hit Humanist reality with a 45 caliber hollow point bullet. Now hopefully we can bring FUD to conspiracy of Ape-man Darwinism and relish in the biblical Truth that the big bang happened before the domestication of dogs. If you believe in Science then you have little faith.
When you date up to 4 other atoms at a time, there's something seriously flawed with that.
As soon as it is disproved/adjusted/strenghtened due to new findings.
Book of Mormon?
Jesus was actually a Cylon, and God is a supercomputer. That's a new finding that should satisfy any creationist---it strictly adheres to the "pulled it out of my ass" standard of peer-review.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Don't get me wrong, the world would be a great place of everyone followed the advice of Jesus
That's for sure! If everyone learned to turn the other cheek it would be so much easier to overpower and enslave them all and run the place! MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Have you ever watched The Bible is Repulsive? It's a great 15 minutes. Spare it. You won't regret it.
I used this video one time while talking to a fundamentalist. We were downtown, there was a gay rights parade (I'm a left-coaster) and the usual fundamentalist Christians on the other side of the street. Several blocks away, I struck up a conversation with a guy who was hanging around.
I guess it was because I'm obviously hetero, and fairly well-dressed, short hair, etc. because he assumed that I was on the Christian Fundamentalist side. I joshed with him for a while, talked about the wife, the kids, working, paying bills, blah blah blah. I mentioned something about strictly following the good book, and tisked about the guys down the street. He was very adamant that we should "follow the good book".
Having planted that seed, I got the kids into the conversation again a little while later. I started in with how I have lots of kids (I do) and how they sometimes misbehave. He agreed, and then I talked about what do you do about it? How do you keep your kids in line!?!? You have important values you want to teach! and he was with me all the way.
And then I said:
"It's a good thing that the good book thought of this, two. When my oldest son snuck out and smoked a joint with his buddies, I grabbed some bricks and killed him, right there on the spot". I played it perfectly, too! He was speechless. "Yeah, I believe that the good book should be taken literally, and it's pretty clear, right there in the Deuteronomy, when your children misbehave, you stone them to death".
As he cursed and walked away, I hollered out: "And the cops haven't even investigated! It's been 2 years now!"
I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in all my life...
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
that's easy, the alien artifact is us.
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There are a lot of creationists who have changed their opinion, it just happens gradually...
You mean through the process of evolution?
We geeks are always confused when dating is involved.
McCartney fans pay bus tickets. [...] Lennon fans too, with discretion.
"Last Tuesday the invisible Pink Unicorn created the universe with the apparent age of 13.6 billion years".
Change that to the Giant Spaghetti Monster, and you've got me.
Flying Spaghetti Monster.... sorry, I've been touched by his noodley appendage this morning, and it's left me dazed, and with less money than I had before. (Does that mean it's officially a religion now ?)
You're accusing me of trolling, which is fine. However, I'm more concerned with the fact that this information you present means that I'm hopelessly unoriginal, which does concern me. I will have to be snarky in more creative ways, it seems.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Ok, start listing the evidence for macro-evolution then. I am a creationist but I also believe in micro-evolution which accounts for differentiation amongst members of the same species. However, I don't believe in macro-evolution which states that one specie can change into another specie.
See my sig - we can make it class action!
Why, yes I have been touched by His noodly appendage. And I plan to sue.