(August 9, 2011 at 6:03 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: But GC’s preacher says nothing is reliable beyond 50,000 years, and he’s a very intelligent ex TVA nuclear engineer. As far as I can tell his theory seems to be that beyond 50,000 years ago god hadn’t decided on a half life for most radioactive elements yet so he kept dicking around with them…
Indeed.
Before GC (or someone else) trots out the old chestnut that half-lives can change with their environment I'll say this: If you believe that to be true, you're on some serious drugs.