Billion Degrees! Have we stumbled upon something new?

I can't remember much about the RATE study, but didn't they suggest [super?] high temperatures might be able to affect radioactive decay rates and therefore be responsible for "accelerated" decay? I know some yahoo on IIDB was attempting to make that correlation, but I don't know if other YECists were also trying to suggest something similar.It's a pain in the ass when the impossible happens.Pretty neat stuff, though.This message has been edited by roxrkool, 03-10-2006 12:07 PM

Yeah, vaporized rocks are hardly useful.I was thinking that these super high temps would allow scientists to test how, or even if, decay rates are affected by such high temperatures.This message has been edited by roxrkool, 03-10-2006 12:39 PM

I've read that as well.

I see. Makes sense. Particle physics is way out of my area of interest.I suspect, however, that YECs who don't trust mainstream science will accuse scientists of having 'preconceptions' about particle physics and by not testing how these super high temperatures affect decay rates, they are making a priori assumptions. Either that or the scientists are afraid their pet theories will go out the window.It doesn't matter that when one understands how particle physics works, there is absolutely no reason to conduct such a test.It'd be like asking a geologist to look for an evaporite in a layered intrusion.