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To: MacDorcha
unfortunately, this was a story i heard long ago, but the gist i got was this: carbon dating is about as accurate as a Michael Moore film.

You're quite mistaken. When performed properly, carbon dating is very accurate. The method has been calibrated and verified countless times, in dozens of independent ways.

Like any procedure, however, it's possible to f*** it up if you don't do it right.

36 posted on 08/22/2004 4:39:03 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: Ichneumon

"You're quite mistaken. When performed properly, carbon dating is very accurate. The method has been calibrated and verified countless times, in dozens of independent ways.

Like any procedure, however, it's possible to f*** it up if you don't do it right."


forgive me for playing the devil's advocate here... how can you prove to me that the "f*** it up" aspect is the product of a misstep? how do you know they didnt do it over and over again, precisely the way they should? is it not POSSIBLE that the ones you havent heard about (that provide these claims) are in fact, valid as well?

and yes, i concede, i dont have the documentation to back it up, this is why i dont have names. i appologize for that aspect, but it was told to me some 9 or 10 years ago, i have better study habits now. it is possible what i was told was a lie, or mis-telling, but im relying on the idea that so is C-dating.


54 posted on 08/22/2004 8:25:18 AM PDT by MacDorcha
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