Hello again all
OK to begin with evolution is not my speciality but I've read a lot but I'm going to give my understanding of the above Creationists arguament.
1. Radiometric Dating is based on Quantum Mechanics which is a highly successful area of physics and makes a lot of accurate predictions without which the modern information age and electronics would not be possible. Basically it relies on the fact that certain elements are unstable and over time will decay into a more stable element. We can not predict that any one molecule will decay at any specific time, but accurate predictions can be made with large samples, and by knowing what proportion has decayed we can fairly accurately calculate how long that element has been in existence in its current form.
2. There is plenty of evidence for evolution ranging from fossil records and how they change over time, observation of species which have been cut off from other members of the same species and have changed to take maximum advantage of the new environment (hate saying this as it implies that the species themselves that decide to change rather than environmental pressures favouring certain adaptations over others), also the DNA of different species can be examined and a relation tree created by observing the differences, and ring species.
I was going to continue this post by discussing "What is Science", but I think I'll leave it there and maybe do it in a new thread later.
Hope this helps
All the best
Chris
OK to begin with evolution is not my speciality but I've read a lot but I'm going to give my understanding of the above Creationists arguament.
1. Radiometric Dating is based on Quantum Mechanics which is a highly successful area of physics and makes a lot of accurate predictions without which the modern information age and electronics would not be possible. Basically it relies on the fact that certain elements are unstable and over time will decay into a more stable element. We can not predict that any one molecule will decay at any specific time, but accurate predictions can be made with large samples, and by knowing what proportion has decayed we can fairly accurately calculate how long that element has been in existence in its current form.
2. There is plenty of evidence for evolution ranging from fossil records and how they change over time, observation of species which have been cut off from other members of the same species and have changed to take maximum advantage of the new environment (hate saying this as it implies that the species themselves that decide to change rather than environmental pressures favouring certain adaptations over others), also the DNA of different species can be examined and a relation tree created by observing the differences, and ring species.
I was going to continue this post by discussing "What is Science", but I think I'll leave it there and maybe do it in a new thread later.
Hope this helps
All the best
Chris
Archeologists near mount Sinai have discovered what is believed to be a
missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon dated in
Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to
read "To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are
fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely
coincidental." - Newsreader in 'Red Dwarf 2: Better Than Life'
missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon dated in
Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to
read "To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are
fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely
coincidental." - Newsreader in 'Red Dwarf 2: Better Than Life'
