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NoNukes
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Message 471 of 503 (687776)
01-16-2013 1:57 PM
Reply to: Message 469 by Percy
01-16-2013 1:46 PM


Re: dating accuracy issues
Let me know if you figure out where the problem lies.
In many contexts, pointing out to someone that if they are right, all of science is wrong is a useful technique for stimulating introspection. I just don't think that this is one of those contexts.
Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

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NoNukes
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Message 472 of 503 (687777)
01-16-2013 2:03 PM
Reply to: Message 470 by mindspawn
01-16-2013 1:50 PM


Re: dating accuracy issues
was merely noting that a mountain range previously thought to have been formed with has subsequently been found to have been formed with the Appalachians. Scientists make mistakes, that's part of the learning process of science.
Scientists do make mistakes. I'm still not certain that this particular case would be one of them.
But that said, this thread is replete with expressions of distrust for dating from you. If you actually accepted radiometric dating, we wouldn't be talking about a Triassic period that was only a few thousand years ago. If that mistrust isn't your point this one particular time, perhaps it is not so surprising that it was missed.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass

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NoNukes
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Message 486 of 503 (687883)
01-17-2013 12:55 PM
Reply to: Message 479 by mindspawn
01-17-2013 2:49 AM


Re: dating accuracy issues
NN writes:
In many contexts, pointing out to someone that if they are right, all of science is wrong is a useful technique for stimulating introspection. I just don't think that this is one of those contexts.
mindspawn writes:
No, its not one of those contexts. Its not that all of science is wrong, its just that a few categories of science are based on
So what would be a good technique for encouraging you to indulge in some introspection? You seem willing to talk spout about stuff you know little about with great authority and hubris.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass

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