Originally Posted by ForumMod
I'd like to hear what you all think of the carbon dating method.
Do you think it's an accurate way of dating an item?
How accurate do you think it is?
Without looking it up do you think you know exactly how it works?
I've run across some new evidence of it and it somewhat changed my opinion on it and I'm interested to see what other people think about it.
It's perfectly accurate to reasonable dates, as we know for certain the halflife and decay rates of the radioactive isotopes of carbon.
Not much to discuss. We can't say the dates for dinosaurs are exact, but theyre certainly accurate to a tens of millions or so. When you're looking at 160 million years ago, that's not so bad considering the scope of things.
We don't use carbon for massive dates, though.
What is this "new evidence"?
I didn't have to look it up, but adding that restriction is rediculous. That's like saying "no, you aren't allowed to learn because I said so". Fuck your shit.
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