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Originally Posted by Tactical Lever
Carbon dating has been proven to be a sham. And you did say it killed everything. Just how do you know it was the shrew that survived? How did it alone survive? The leaps and contortions you crazies go through to prove nothing....
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It was 'disproven' by people who don't know how Carbon Dating works. Were you listening to Kent Hovind or something?
Carbon Dating is known to only be accurate on non-aquatic creatures, and then only effective to about 50,000 years because the half-life of carbon is only some 4300 years. The reason for this is because after about 50,000 years, there is no carbon left in a fossil. The reason it doesn't work on aquatic creatures is because they absorb carbon directly from the water thus causing very wonky readings. The people who have 'disproved' carbon dating neglect to mention that scientists know exactly what the limitations of the method are.
When carbon dating cannot be used, they then go on to Potassium-Argon dating, which uses specific radioactive isotopes (argon,) which have a half-life of 1.3 billion years and thus can be read for a fairly accurate dating of an object over pretty much the entirety of the time life has existed on this planet.
I can't answer the rest because willful ignorance makes me want to vomit in anger and profanity is bubbling on the surface. Off to watch dog videos or something.