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Coyote
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Message 405 of 1498 (730687)
06-29-2014 7:34 PM
Reply to: Message 404 by OS
06-29-2014 7:25 PM


From your post it sounds like you are hoping to stumble upon some reason to conclude that old earth dating methods are incorrect.
Would this be a correct summary?

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Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
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Message 407 of 1498 (730689)
06-29-2014 8:12 PM
Reply to: Message 406 by OS
06-29-2014 7:45 PM


OK.
That part is outside of my field. I do radiocarbon dating, but have never dealt with the other radiometric dating methods.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" does not include the American culture. That is what it is against.

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Message 409 of 1498 (730691)
06-29-2014 8:16 PM
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06-29-2014 8:14 PM


Stick around. This is a good place to learn things.

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Message 451 of 1498 (755586)
04-09-2015 7:15 PM
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04-09-2015 5:44 PM


For OS
They don't, because the amount rings of the tree is meaningless to carbon-14 dating.
This is absolutely wrong.
But feel free to try and prove that your statement is accurate, if you think you can.
(Remember to bring some evidence.)

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.

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Message 464 of 1498 (755726)
04-10-2015 11:25 PM
Reply to: Message 458 by OS
04-10-2015 9:47 PM


Re: OS and tree rings
It's a myth. Tree ring dating does not improve radiocarbon dating, and the data prove it. Tree rings are not all produced one per year; and they aren't very distinct in small trees. It's NUTBALL JUNK.
It is obvious radiocarbon dating is not based on it.
Your ignorance concerning radiocarbon dating is exceeded only by your zeal in trying to discredit the technique.
Please tell us, how many radiocarbon samples you have submitted for analysis? (I have submitted somewhere over 650.)
Also, please tell us the source of your vast knowledge of the subject. (I have lectured extensively on the subject and authored a monograph on it as well. And was a while back on the advisory board of a radiocarbon laboratory.)
"The data prove it?" Please advise us, in detail, what that data might be. And please address, while you are at it, the conciliance between known historical dates and calibrated radiocarbon dates. By the way, those calibrated radiocarbon dates are obtained by using a calibration curve based on tree-rings (from several locations), corals, glacial carves, ice cores, deep lake cores, and other annular data. Please explain to us why all of them agree, and why you think all of them are wrong (maybe some creationist website told you so?).
What your posts show is that you really know nothing about the subject, but most likely, out of religious zeal, you are attempting to discredit it anyway. Your efforts would be a lot more effective if you knew something about what you were debating. Otherwise you just look pretty silly.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.

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Message 471 of 1498 (755792)
04-11-2015 3:28 PM
Reply to: Message 470 by OS
04-11-2015 3:20 PM


Re: OS and tree rings
Try this link and see if it helps:
Radiometric Dating

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.

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Message 516 of 1498 (815033)
07-14-2017 4:33 PM
Reply to: Message 515 by marc9000
07-14-2017 3:12 PM


Re: marc9000 afraid to address the issue of the age of the earth?
Like much of what passes for "science", it's not observable science. Anything that's not observable science comes up short in being testable and falsifiable enough to be without controversy.
The dichotomy between science and "observable" science is simply another (of many) ways creationists try to disparage any scientific evidence that conflicts with their beliefs. And as usual there is no factual basis behind their claims.
And "controversy?" That's reminiscent of "teach the controversy." That's another creationist ploy to disparage science that conflicts with their beliefs. Regarding evolution, there is no controversy within science, its just a "controversy" cooked up by creationists in their never-ending but futile attack on science in general and evolution in particular.
The reams of material you've come up with, (and continue to come up with, I see) has been amassed for over a hundred years by scientists who first came to a conclusion, (the earth MUST be old for Darwinism to work) then choose evidence that supports that conclusion, and ignores evidence that doesn't.
Abject nonsense. Any scientist who could prove a young earth with evidence would be showered with Nobel prizes.
But its interesting that you say, "...scientists who first came to a conclusion, (the earth MUST be old for Darwinism to work) then choose evidence that supports that conclusion, and ignores evidence that doesn't" as that's just the method creationists use to support their religious beliefs. Projection, eh?

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 521 of 1498 (815065)
07-15-2017 3:22 PM
Reply to: Message 520 by marc9000
07-15-2017 12:53 PM


Re: that wasn't so hard now, was it?
...non-observational science that isn't provable.
This one line alone shows you have little understanding of science and how it works.
First, NOTHING IN SCIENCE IS PROVED OR PROVABLE. Sorry for the caps, but this is far from the first time I've had to post this, as creationists either don't listen or don't accept what science is and how it actually functions.
Here are some definitions which might help:
Proof: Except for math and geometry, there is little that is actually proved. Even well-established scientific theories can't be conclusively proved, because--at least in principle--a counter-example might be discovered. Scientific theories are always accepted provisionally, and are regarded as reliable only because they are supported (not proved) by the verifiable facts they purport to explain and by the predictions which they successfully make. All scientific theories are subject to revision (or even rejection) if new data are discovered which necessitates this.
Proof: A term from logic and mathematics describing an argument from premise to conclusion using strictly logical principles. In mathematics, theorems or propositions are established by logical arguments from a set of axioms, the process of establishing a theorem being called a proof.
The colloquial meaning of "proof" causes lots of problems in physics discussion and is best avoided. Since mathematics is such an important part of physics, the mathematician's meaning of proof should be the only one we use. Also, we often ask students in upper level courses to do proofs of certain theorems of mathematical physics, and we are not asking for experimental demonstration!
So, in a laboratory report, we should not say "We proved Newton's law" Rather say, "Today we demonstrated (or verified) the validity of Newton's law in the particular case of..." Source
Theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses. Theories do not grow up to be laws. Theories explain laws.
Theory: A scientifically testable general principle or body of principles offered to explain observed phenomena. In scientific usage, a theory is distinct from a hypothesis (or conjecture) that is proposed to explain previously observed phenomena. For a hypothesis to rise to the level of theory, it must predict the existence of new phenomena that are subsequently observed. A theory can be overturned if new phenomena are observed that directly contradict the theory. [Source]
When a scientific theory has a long history of being supported by verifiable evidence, it is appropriate to speak about "acceptance" of (not "belief" in) the theory; or we can say that we have "confidence" (not "faith") in the theory. It is the dependence on verifiable data and the capability of testing that distinguish scientific theories from matters of faith.
The biggest difference between a law and a theory is that a theory is much more complex and dynamic. A law describes a single action, whereas a theory explains an entire group of related phenomena. And, whereas a law is a postulate that forms the foundation of the scientific method, a theory is the end result of that same process. [Source]
Hypothesis: a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices."
Secondly, your "non-observational science" is just one of the recent creationists efforts to try and pry apart the scientific method and get rid of those sciences which contradict religious beliefs. A more basic creationist line is, "Where you there?"
This is just creationist nonsense which shows a lack of understanding of science--or more likely a desire to destroy the results of a wide range of different scientific fields for non-scientific reasons.
These tactics might work among creationists and the ignorant, but they don't work against those with a basic knowledge of science. They shouldn't even be attempted in a place like this.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 534 of 1498 (815134)
07-16-2017 6:16 PM
Reply to: Message 528 by marc9000
07-16-2017 2:58 PM


Another falsehood
Events of the past aren't repeatable, and aren't observable, so there are 2 that are missing from this thread's claims of an ancient earth.
Absolutely false.
Just as one example: radiocarbon dating can be used on anything that was once living, up to about 50,000 years.
That means that, for example, I can date hundreds of marine shells from a particular Indian site. And, in many sites I can date those shells from discrete layers, dating several layers to determine whether they are superimposed, as undisturbed middens should be. And I can do this with hundreds of different sites. My colleagues around the world push this into the hundreds of thousands of sites. This satisfies both the not repeatable and not observable claims made by creationists.
As RAZD has observed at length the same thing can be done with tree rings. Those are items whose age can be independently determined by simple counting. This both calibrates and validates the radiocarbon method.
And, the radiocarbon method by itself disproves both the young earth and global flood during historic times.
If you don't like that, you better come up with something better than the not "repeatable" and "observable" nonsense.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 542 of 1498 (815397)
07-19-2017 8:06 PM
Reply to: Message 538 by marc9000
07-19-2017 7:55 PM


Re: Another falsehood
Specific events in the past can usually be examined using a variety of techniques. In the example I gave we can date many pieces of shell and establish the age of a particular site. If somebody disagrees they can date more shells or other materials and see if they get different results.
And please stop using "proof" and "prove." As I posted before, those are not the criteria of science. Your use of those terms exposes you as a creationist and shows your lack of knowledge of the scientific method.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 544 of 1498 (815399)
07-19-2017 8:45 PM
Reply to: Message 543 by marc9000
07-19-2017 8:41 PM


Re: Another falsehood
Don't be a troll, its very unbecoming.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 582 of 1498 (823022)
11-05-2017 10:20 AM
Reply to: Message 579 by starman
11-05-2017 2:30 AM


Re: Correlations Correlations Correlations
If trees grew fast in the distant past, rings would not be any correlation or way to determine ages because trees growing in weeks and their rings could not be seasonal/yearly rings.
And if there was a ladder to the moon we could climb up there, and wouldn't need rockets.
The "what-ifs" creationists come up with are about as funny, and well supported by evidence as that ladder to the moon.
But we understand the purpose of the "what-ifs." If any doubt, no matter how outlandish, can be raised against what science has learned then creationists can go oncontinue believing what science has disproved. All it takes is a simple, "what-if" and a lot of self-delusion.
Creationists make the Queen in Alice look like a piker--she could only believe six impossible things before breakfast.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 683 of 1498 (826944)
01-15-2018 12:37 AM
Reply to: Message 682 by creation
01-14-2018 11:33 PM


Re: Topic Starter Remix
I think the big issue for rapid or slow evolution would be what nature it happened in. You would need to know that.
We know what "nature" things happened in.
If you disagree, you need to present scientific evidence to the contrary.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 704 of 1498 (827053)
01-16-2018 10:27 AM
Reply to: Message 701 by creation
01-16-2018 9:39 AM


Re: creation continues babbling...
That is NOT relevant unless it came about in this nature. Your circular reasoning so called dating collaboration is indeed circular. You asusme a same nature in the past for both, and then claim by so doing, the imaginary dates agree.
The evidence for some "other nature" is totally lacking. To try and rely on this imaginary "other nature" to negate the parts of science that disprove bible-based claims is ridiculous.
You asusme a same nature in the past for both, and then claim by so doing, the imaginary dates agree.
You assume an "other nature" in the past, then claim the dates don't agree. One approach is based on evidence, the other on religiously-based fantasy.
You should face the fact that the dates you use are faith based and not accepted as reality by YECs. For example, my opinion of when the flood was is about 70,000,000 years ago in your imagined science time. That equals about 4500 real actual years ago. So when you claim something is beyond YEC time remember you are only talking about faith based religious time that is not accepted.
You have to place the flood 70 mya because all earlier placements for the flood have been disproved. Actually, all proposed dates for the "flood" have been disproved.
As far as something "not accepted as reality by YECs" -- that's pretty funny. Why should scientists care a whit about what YECs believe and don't believe? YECs avoid evidence, logic, and the scientific method like vampires are supposed to avoid garlic. Most of the attention you get is because its amusing to poke holes in your fantasy.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Message 710 of 1498 (827099)
01-17-2018 11:16 AM


Reply to creation
You responded to New Cat instead of me.
creation writes:
Coyote writes:
You have to place the flood 70 mya because all earlier placements for the flood have been disproved. Actually, all proposed dates for the "flood" have been disproved.
Yes. That seems to be the best fit with the evidence. Why, you want to place it somewhere else?
There is no evidence for a global flood at 70 mya or any other time. The global flood is a religious myth.
The original date claimed was ca. 4,350 years ago but when the evidence showed there was no flood at that time claims were made for other times, all the way back to 70 mya and beyond. There is solid evidence that there was no global flood at any time.
But creationists can't accept that their beliefs are wrong, so the flood keeps on moving around in time, now here and now there.
And the ways they try and discount inconvenient dates from the past are particularly amusing, with magic vapor canopies and wildly fluctuation decay rates and all the rest.
So, you don't like radiocarbon (C14) dating, eh? How about coming up with some evidence for a change as to why it doesn't work. I'm sure I'll find that amusing. By the way, I have done 707 radiocarbon dates, and have four more out and being processed currently, so I know a bit about the method.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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