Posted on 07/30/2009 10:42:38 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
That's simple, it is reproduced in the lab every day and observed. We also can test objects of a known age, such as when specific monuments where built or burnt areas in the tree ring history. It is shown through observation and testing.
Add to that, exactly how much mother material there was to start with and when it occurred so that we are able to make precise and accurate calculations.
Some specific isotopes are created specifically from this decay. They aren't isotopes found in nature outside this process.
Count backwards? shakes head in disbelief.....
Here is a simpler analogy. You started typing this comment and I have a recording of it. I want to know when you started typing, so I look at the time now, then I watch the recording and see how long it is. That gives me the start time.
Besides, you just contradicted yourself...Does it vary like you said here?
Poor wording on my part, I should have said factors that impact results, not variances in the actual decay rates. For example, a common misused 'proof' that it is flawed is seal carcasses in the arctic sometimes showing to be millions of years old even though they are recently killed. The rate of decay didn't change, however, we know that there is a certain amount of dissolved carbon dioxide in the water from ancient deposits. That is a known factor and is taken into account with the results. The actual decay didn't change but the amount of additional carbon from outside, older sources has to be accounted for.
Hey, I’ve had dates like that. You think she’s a nice girl and suddenly-boom! She’s trying to run your life!
Oh wait, I wandered into the creationist ghetto again. See ya!
“http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/critique_of_tas_walker%27s_flood_geology.htm";
Fatal flaw in Dr. Tas Walker.....
All “creation science” is a lie.......
LOL...Good eye Metom!!!
Publius6961 - Without reading the posted article, I can be sure that the poster made no such claim.
Actually GGG does make that claim : ) I happen to play a game that is older than GGG's universe.
Corrected in the last part of 41, admitted poor wording on my part.
No one is saying that the Hebrew God created the universe 5000 years ago. Just that the yardsticks used by many scientists are not reliable, that there is no standard measure by which to calibrate them.
A conservative with beer goggles takes home hippie chick?
The point of the analogy is that you folks still think the toy is missing because you can't see it.
LOL actually GGG has said precisely that.
Now the name calling!!
You are spoiling all the fun with this so-called “science”.
Science doesn’t belong here, troll!
This is a science-free zone!
From the article that you obviously never bothered to read or understand:
“you cannot measure the age of a rock using radioactive dating because no-one was present to measure the radioactive elements when the rock formed and no-one monitored the way those elements changed over its entire geological history”
Do you see how your analogy breaks down from the get-go, Facedown? If not, let me know, and I’ll try to explain it with smaller words that even the child in your analogy could understand.
And is your post an example of the intellectual scientific debate that evos bemoan is lacking on FR?
And is your post an example of the intellectual scientific debate that evos bemoan is lacking on FR?
I hate it when the copy button doesn't copy.....:(
There isn’t any scientific debate on these Evo threads so your question is meaningless.
And using the generic walmart brand crayons to fill it in...
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