Anonymous Wrote:
I kept studying technical journals and books, and finally became
convinced that circular logic and faith in prior beliefs played a strong
part in radio-dating -- in other words, it wasn't a "scientific fact,
provable by scientific methods." There was too much unprovable belief
involved.
Lucy Responds:
This seems to be the key sentence explaining why he changed his mind.
However, his argument is loosely framed at best. **HOW** specifically
do circular logic and faith play a strong part in radiocarbon dating?
Unless my science texts are blatant lies (which I doubt), the physics
seem fairly straight-forward to me. Therefore, any scientist dating
some thing should be able to prove his/her statements through scientific
methods. **WHAT** unprovable beliefs does this gentleman think were
involved? I wish his points were more specific. Can the initiator get
this chap involved in the list? I cannot imagine why he would hesitate
to share his name.
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