RE: Question for Christians Carbon Dating
November 26, 2013 at 5:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2013 at 5:48 am by Aractus.)
(November 25, 2013 at 4:48 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What I meant was that radiocarbon dating isn't among the dating tools scientists use to even 'estimate' the age of this planet.No of course not, but it's the same principle that is applied - that of radioactive decay.
(November 25, 2013 at 5:40 am)Optimistic Mysanthrope Wrote: Correct. Carbon dating is only used to date carbon.As all life is carbon-based, one would presume that carbon dating would work on all biogenic materials. Yet of course it does not, and the half-life of radiocarbon is 5,730 years (+/- 40), which means it can be used to date hundreds or thousands of years old, but not millions of years old. The limit is about 50,000 years or so, but that again would depend on the material being rich enough in carbon to begin with, other materials which can be reliably dated with radiocarbon dating may have much shorter upper age limits.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
