Feedback about reliability of dating

Antioch's Fire writes:

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There are actually many quotes from scientists, evolutionary advocates, that state that dates that do not make sense, are simply discarded as irregularities.

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Names, dates, places.Otherwise, you're just pulling that claim out of your ass.To the contrary, C14 dating is highly calibrated.

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Rrhain

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Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.

Antioch's Fire writes:

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All it takes is a simple google session to find out that carbon 14 is found in coal.

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True, but misleading. In coal deposits that have detectable amounts of C14, we find that the surrounding rocks contain uranium and the uranium-thorium decay will result in C14 creation in the adjoining coal.And by the way: The amount of C14 detected is so small that it is at the limits of current detection. Currently, we can find it in ratios of 10^-15 and the amounts we find in coal are on the order of 10^-13 at best.The search for low C14 oil is important because the oil is used in neutrino detection and they don't want to get false positives from C14 decay.A nice discussion of C14 levels in coal can be found at:Carbon-14 in Coal Deposits

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Rrhain

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Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.