Recent content by ddubois

I believe you are sincere, but just as you think creationists are misrepresenting and lacking integrity, I find myself thinking the same of you, and that doesn't seem healthy. Perhaps Satan's work. I think I had better stop responding for a while.

This post made me angry for at least two reasons: (1) "Do you not see this?" was very condescending and undeserved. If you had looked at any of the many times this topic has come up before in this thread, you would know I am aware of the calibration of carbon dating to make it more...

I find your argument hard to follow. Let me try to compare it with what the authors actually said and what they said sounded like to me, and then maybe you can tell me where I am misunderstanding: (1) In the body of the paper: "The modified Longin method by Kh. A. Arslanov et al.,36 and C. H...

I don't think you answered my question, which was "...after your analysis if you still think the creation science community fails to recognize contamination, and if so, what would they need to do to satisfy you?"

I have given what I understand to be the proposed young earth explanation for the apparent inconsistency earlier in this thread. Simplified, it is that in the past, the C14/C12 ratio was much lower, giving inflated ages from carbon dating.

Thank you for your analysis. I am still curious though, after your analysis if you still think the creation science community fails to recognize contamination, and if so, what would they need to do to satisfy you? I did have a question also about your analysis of the paper's rebuttal to...

You attributed something to me that I didn't say, and I think it would have been a nice thing to do for you to admit that. Instead, you seem to be blaming me for poor judgment in my choice of mainstream believers to introduce the 2012 Singapore paper. I admit I picked the first apparently...

Unfortunately I did not have a link and do not know how to create one even with a URL address. I don't think you want me to reproduce the original document, in full, here, though I can. Apparently it was a PowerPoint presentation, with just 3 citations, perhaps not what you were looking for...

This statement appears to assume that no measures can be taken to effectively remove the contaminating 14C coming after the death of the dinosaur. Extensive measures have in fact been taken by creationists in at least some cases to eliminate contaminants (see my discussion with RickG). Why are...

Dino Dating Conflicts: Carbon dating suggests less than 40,000 ... www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3371497 DP Review Jan 22, 2013 - Something is not right here. There cannot be that much difference between the Geological date, and the Radiocarbon date. After millions of ... This quote was from...

You clearly have much more expertise in earth science than I do. Perhaps you would be willing to share some of it with me. Following your suggestion, I will try with you to restrict myself to one concern at a time, and so I will just focus on one of your statements. Could you please analyze...

RickG -- I will respond a) to your introductory statement, and b) to your 6 points: a) You and I both identify ourselves as Christians. I expect nonbelievers to distrust my motivations and my zeal for truth. I hope that Christians would at least give me the benefit of the doubt until I show...

Dear Loudmouth, you make 5 points which I will respond to in order: 1. I think you make a good debating point here. Your chart does appear to show a synchronicity between carbon dating (with assumed constant C14/C12) and other mainstream accepted dating methods. However your chart goes back...

I believe those doing the carbon dating did it correctly, but I am not an expert. Following is an extract from some material from a chemist who was involved in the dating, which may be helpful: ...modern sources of C-14, viz.: bacteria (biofilms), fungus, humic acids that invade fossil bones...

I get that the varies the tree rings appear to synch up with the currently mainstream accepted carbonating techniques. I was not making a claim of circular reasoning about the frequently reproduced chart showing the apparent agreement. I have different counterarguments for that. My circular...