If someone tries to point to this, telling you that it's evidence that all dating techniques are invalid, and that this discovery supports creationism, you can tell them that C14 dating was thought to be effective to 50,000 years, and now it's clearly stated in the article that carbon dating is effective to 150 million years!
Of course, don't point out that these are actually two separate techniques - they won't care anyway.
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Why not use Notepad instead if it's just a scratch file?
As opposed to making it the worst you feel ALL DAY, due to that hangover from the night before.
If someone tries to point to this, telling you that it's evidence that all dating techniques are invalid, and that this discovery supports creationism, you can tell them that C14 dating was thought to be effective to 50,000 years, and now it's clearly stated in the article that carbon dating is effective to 150 million years!
Of course, don't point out that these are actually two separate techniques - they won't care anyway.