JonF
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Joined: Feb. 2005
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| Quote (Cubist @ Nov. 17 2011,04:43) | | Quote (forastero @ Nov. 17 2011,00:39) | | The whole reason that sedimenatary rocks are not usually radiometrically dated is because they are mixed with a vast array of sedimentary stuff. Yes they are dated by index fossils but then the index fossils are in turn dated by the sedimentary rocks? Thats circular reasoning of the most grotesque kind. |
I fully agree: date the layers by the fossils, and then date the fossils by the layers is a grotesque example of circular reasoning. Fortunately, it's also a grotesquely inaccurate Creationist caricature of what real scientists do when they work on figuring out how old rocks are, so the actual dates provided by real scientists are not rendered invalid by that caricature.
The evidence of, well, pretty much everything you've posted here, suggests that you have no desire to learn more about what real scientists do when they work on figuring out how old rocks are, forastero. If you ever change your mind about that, lots of people here will be happy to help you remedy your ignorance. |
I think the probability of a Poe is a little over 50%. Yeah, I know that there's no creationist parody so stupid that no real creationist espouses it, but this guy makes the average YEC look like Einstein.
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