Dino Dating Conflicts: Carbon dating suggests less than 40,000 years old.

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ljfinger
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In reply to edwardaneal, 4 months ago

edwardaneal wrote:

ljfinger wrote:

No, it's proof of a contaminated sample or a sample that's been altered recently by any number of possible methods. It could also be that the amount of C14 present was so small that it was indistinguishable from the noise floor by the equipment being used. It's kind of like the noise in a photographic dark frame - is the noise indicative of light leaking? No, it is not.

so basically you are saying that C14 dating is worthless - even when it finds something is 38000 years old or less?

No, like any technique, it can be applied successfully or unsuccessfully, depending on a host of parameters, not the least of which is the competence of the people using it.

do you really think that scientists are so untrust worthy that they would use a science like C14 dating that couldnt be trusted and that all 8 samples from completly different locations were some how contaminated and scientists couldnt figure out that something was wrong

Some are.

If you are correct then that would indicate that science cant be trusted - either that or you are telling us you only trust it when it gives you the answer you want

Well, look at "creation science" for a totally untrustworthy area of "science".

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