Getting way away from correlations. Please do not respond to this message
iano writes:
On what basis can we be sure uniformatism is true and not some other mechanism which may have accerated/decelerated these 'clocks', given that we weren't around to view how it was then?
The burden of proof is on those who would suggest a change in radioactive decay rates or whatever clock we are talking about.
You might as well ask, "how do we know that gravity has always existed the way it does today?" Well, we know because no one has proposed a logical explanation with supporting data that would allow us to come to any other conclusion. My favorite way of phrasing this point is "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof." Postulating a change in radioactive decay rates is an extraordinary claim. Where is the extraordinary proof?
This message has been edited by AdminJar, 08-09-2005 11:22 AM
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