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RE: the age of the earth

March 20, 2021 at 4:45 pm

(March 19, 2021 at 6:25 pm)jasonelijah Wrote: So they kinda just made up the 50 million and we shouldn't take it seriously?

No. ALL measurements have error bars. Those error bars propagate through the calculations. In this case, the uncertainties in measurements correspond to an uncertainty in the age of 50 million years.

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the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 5:53 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by The Grand Nudger - March 19, 2021 at 5:56 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 19, 2021 at 5:56 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:07 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 19, 2021 at 6:17 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 19, 2021 at 6:15 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:25 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 19, 2021 at 6:31 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by polymath257 - March 20, 2021 at 4:45 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Mister Agenda - March 23, 2021 at 9:56 am

RE: the age of the earth - by ignoramus - March 19, 2021 at 6:25 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:29 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Bucky Ball - March 27, 2021 at 9:37 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by onlinebiker - March 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 19, 2021 at 6:36 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by arewethereyet - March 19, 2021 at 6:38 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Mr Greene - March 25, 2021 at 12:07 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 25, 2021 at 12:20 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by The Grand Nudger - March 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:39 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 19, 2021 at 6:42 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by arewethereyet - March 19, 2021 at 6:44 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Angrboda - March 19, 2021 at 9:18 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Ravenshire - March 21, 2021 at 1:25 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:46 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Nay_Sayer - March 19, 2021 at 6:52 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by zwanzig - March 19, 2021 at 6:48 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 6:52 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by ignoramus - March 19, 2021 at 11:55 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Nay_Sayer - March 20, 2021 at 12:01 am

RE: the age of the earth - by no one - March 19, 2021 at 9:42 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by brewer - March 19, 2021 at 11:05 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 19, 2021 at 11:14 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Nay_Sayer - March 19, 2021 at 11:53 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by no one - March 19, 2021 at 11:18 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Peebo-Thuhlu - March 20, 2021 at 1:15 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Silver - March 20, 2021 at 1:26 am

RE: the age of the earth - by no one - March 20, 2021 at 1:37 am

RE: the age of the earth - by ignoramus - March 20, 2021 at 1:42 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Silver - March 20, 2021 at 1:45 am

RE: the age of the earth - by ignoramus - March 20, 2021 at 3:43 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 20, 2021 at 7:17 am

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 20, 2021 at 3:30 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Pat Mustard - March 20, 2021 at 5:27 am

RE: the age of the earth - by ignoramus - March 20, 2021 at 6:11 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Pat Mustard - March 21, 2021 at 6:10 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by ignoramus - March 20, 2021 at 7:34 am

RE: the age of the earth - by brewer - March 20, 2021 at 12:22 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 20, 2021 at 12:33 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by LadyForCamus - March 20, 2021 at 3:24 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 20, 2021 at 4:22 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by no one - March 20, 2021 at 5:25 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by The Valkyrie - March 20, 2021 at 5:42 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 20, 2021 at 6:02 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by The Valkyrie - March 20, 2021 at 8:08 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by brewer - March 20, 2021 at 6:13 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Angrboda - March 20, 2021 at 11:08 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Silver - March 20, 2021 at 11:27 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 22, 2021 at 6:29 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 22, 2021 at 6:32 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by arewethereyet - March 22, 2021 at 6:52 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Jackalope - March 22, 2021 at 7:01 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Peebo-Thuhlu - March 23, 2021 at 3:04 am

RE: the age of the earth - by The Valkyrie - March 23, 2021 at 3:12 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Pat Mustard - March 23, 2021 at 4:12 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 24, 2021 at 2:50 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by arewethereyet - March 24, 2021 at 3:02 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Mister Agenda - March 25, 2021 at 10:36 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Pat Mustard - March 26, 2021 at 7:15 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 25, 2021 at 12:19 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by jasonelijah - March 25, 2021 at 12:29 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by arewethereyet - March 25, 2021 at 12:56 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 25, 2021 at 1:29 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by LostLocke - March 25, 2021 at 9:48 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by brewer - March 25, 2021 at 10:37 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by downbeatplumb - March 27, 2021 at 3:47 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 25, 2021 at 12:52 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by arewethereyet - March 25, 2021 at 1:00 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 25, 2021 at 4:59 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Silver - March 25, 2021 at 10:26 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Brian37 - March 26, 2021 at 5:28 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Abaddon_ire - March 26, 2021 at 11:42 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 26, 2021 at 12:22 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by zebo-the-fat - March 26, 2021 at 1:04 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by Anomalocaris - March 26, 2021 at 9:20 pm

RE: the age of the earth - by The Grand Nudger - March 27, 2021 at 10:19 am

RE: the age of the earth - by Bucky Ball - March 30, 2021 at 8:39 pm

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