How old is the world?

[Hemoman]

Re: How old is the world?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"sinister\")</div>

wow, unbelievably good point. Has anyone here carbon dated or physically seen the process? I'm feeling very deluded right now, need some kind of confirmation that at least one of the things we've taken for granted is right?[/b]

The thing about taking things for granted is, you can never be sure if it's true or not. However if nobody ever took anything for granted we would never be able to advance as a society because everyone would all be learning the same thiings and there would be no specialization.

 

[Harte]

Re: How old is the world?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div>

This place seems to agree with you :

contenderministries.org

Someone tell me they're talking shite on that site please, have been up all night, thanks to one of my clients, who i'm going to throw off a cliff.

Something is wrong there......with the half life stuff, not me helping my client appreciate my need for sleep via the medium of gravity...[/b]

Here's ome information about this argument between scientists and creationists.:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/c14datc.htm

Also, C14, while the most familiar to you and I, is not the method used for dating beyond about 50,000 to 70,000 years back. Here is some info about other radiometric dating methods.:
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/benton.html

This is a quote from the actionbioscience site:

Scientists can use different chemicals for absolute dating:

• [font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Radiometric dating involves the use of isotope series, such as rubidium/strontium, thorium/lead, potassium/argon, argon/argon, or uranium/lead, all of which have very long half-lives, ranging from 0.7 to 48.6 billion years. Subtle differences in the relative proportions of the two isotopes can give good dates for rocks of any age.[/font]

More info on Carbon 14 dating:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/carbon-142.htm

Harte

 

[Passive_Extremist]

Re: How old is the world?

Some people think T rex was on the ark..

 

[thenumbersix]

Re: How old is the world?

Rubidium-87 (half-life = 49 billion years)

That should do the trick

Anything that dies after the 1940s, when Nuclear bombs, nuclear reactors and open-air nuclear tests started changing things, will be harder to date precisely.

Doh...The militiatary strike again, n1. Will that change if they stop irradiating our home ?