analyzing the dating systems

[archaeologist]

due to certain comments and restrictions i am going to stop pursuing commenting in this thread. i cannot make myself clear enough to express the detail i want to explore.

if you have some good links then post them and i will go somewhere else to deal with this issue. thanks for the little information you have provided.

 

[random_guy]

I don't see any problems or inconsistencies with my comments. Mathematics is 100% correct. Whether or not the math model is the correct model to use for the real world, that's another question. That's the distinction. Pure math is always correct (as long as the person does the math correctly). The models, while mathematically correct, may not be the correct models for the phenomenon being studied.

When I went through the steps of how the equation works and why the rate is constant, there's no math errors in any step. The question of whether or not that's the right equation/model is answered through observational data. The equations match experimental/.observational data very well. If the rates weren't constant, then our observations wouldn't match our models. So, our equation is very reasonable to use for measuring decay.

 

[Hnefi]

I find it depressing that someone who can't even handle the four basic mathematical operations taught in the first couple of years in elementary school tries to argue that all of science is the work of the devil and shouldn't be trusted. Archies teachers betrayed him when they failed to teach him these things. How can we be so demanding as to expect archie to understand exponential and logarithmic expressions when he doesn't even understand multiplication?

 

[archaeologist]

I don't see any problems or inconsistencies with my comments

it wasn't about you don't worry. in talking to a mod, i decided to pull out on my own and concentrate on other threads.

I find it depressing that someone who can't even handle the four basic mathematical operations taught in the first couple of years in elementary school tries to argue that all of science is the work of the devil and shouldn't be trusted. Archies teachers betrayed him when they failed to teach him these things. How can we be so demanding as to expect archie to understand exponential and logarithmic expressions when he doesn't even understand multiplication

don't go there, the original post was explicit that the focus was not to be on me. you also do not know my reasons for taking the thread in that direction, so don't even try to do post-game analysis.

the underlined is a mis-representation of what i said. you people do not get it.

so let it lie and die.

 

[Hnefi]

you people do not get it.

so let it lie and die.

Only if you do the same about these things which you clearly do not understand. And I'm not talking about just this thread.

 

[random_guy]

it wasn't about you don't worry. in talking to a mod, i decided to pull out on my own and concentrate on other threads.

Oh, I was referring to your quoting of my post in this thread and the other thread. In the "Why believe secular scientist" thread, an atheist said science was provable, and I explained it wasn't. Newton's Law of Gravitation (a physics equation) turned out to not apply in all situations. In this thread, I explained that my steps where 100% mathematically correct. Equations can be both, mathematically correct, but not correctly describe the world. The decay equation, for most purposes, correctly describe decay when half life is known to be roughly the same, regardless of how much material is there. I was pointing out the distinction. I hope this makes more sense.

 

[Melethiel]

Closed pending cleanup.

 

[Melethiel]

Thread re-opened.
All edits are marked with <staff edit>.

Please play nice, everyone...

 

[Melethiel]

Closed at OP request.