How accurate is Radiometric Dating?

[wchanley]

So then u think the scientists can make mistakes? How bout the age of the Earth? Is that accurate?

Of course scientists can make mistakes, DUH Homer. But any mistakes are inevitably corrected by more science.

I mean, I'm spitballing here, but at this point, I'm pretty inherently distrustful of any belief system or truth claims that refuse to allow for the idea that "we might have gotten this wrong, so let's see what we can do to make better claims, and hopefully gain more knowledge." Edit to add: I'm not saying that science and religion are "competing belief systems," or that I think science is a belief system.