fossils and carbon dating

"This is my first topic so help me out.
I've come to understand that the two forms of measuring how old something is are relying on each other.
that fossil dating is based on carbon dating and carbon dating is based on fossil. its called something like circular reasoning so there is no standerd ground on the dating prosses
Help me out here, and set me straight."
--Though I might slightly disagree with some of the content, previous posts have pretty much sufficiently countered your misunderstanding. Might I ask where you obtained knowledge of such a high quality argument? -------------------