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Originally Posted by Scott McD
I'm always curious how they can act so sure about things like that.
"ah yes, this one is 47million years old, i can tell just by looking at it"
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Because they have an education, brains and the right tools... maybe? Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it can't be true. I don't know how the collapse of the wave function occurs during observation of quantum events but it still happens.
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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
jesus... i thought US schools sucked.
you have heard of a thing called chemistry right? carbon dating? 1/2 life of elements? no? yes? ring any bells? did you really think that science is dating objects by calling the psychic hotline?
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I think carbon dating is only good for so many years, 40 or 50,000 years. But there are most definitely ways to get the answers they need, quite easily by the surrounding soil deposits, etc. Just like the rings in a tree that tell you how old it is.
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