Mr Strawberry
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Lol, someone's definitely not a happy hamster. Poor old juve. Still, he's only got himself to blame.
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I forgot. I am sure you know how. Or, you can push a button on the computer screen. Nowadays, one does not even need to do that.
OK, the age is useless. But, it is still an age. Somebody will find an use of it. Because it is measured in an expensive laboratory.
I forgot. I am sure you know how. Or, you can push a button on the computer screen. Nowadays, one does not even need to do that.
What they tried to do is not my business.
You can pick up a rock in your backyard and date it 100 times. I don't care a bit on what you are trying to do.
You might get a precise "age" from dating a tree bark. But you need to have a good reason to do all that. That is my message from the very beginning.
You would indeed get an age, but not a useful one. As Loudmouth explained, trees are not closed systems like a zircon crystal and so do not return meaningful dates.
You would indeed get an age, but not a useful one. As Loudmouth explained, trees are not closed systems like a zircon crystal and so do not return meaningful dates.
Any "age" is meaningful someway somehow. It all depends on the degree of understanding. That is why I say this is the art of geological science.
Just to change the flavor (I am quite bored on this thread and am about to quit), you give me an "age" and I will tell you what does it mean.
Any "age" is meaningful someway somehow. It all depends on the degree of understanding. That is why I say this is the art of geological science.
Just to change the flavor (I am quite bored on this thread and am about to quit), you give me an "age" and I will tell you what does it mean.
Fine, so a living tree contains 100 grams of carbon 14 at 5 years of age. How much will it contain when it dies 300 years later?
Any "age" is meaningful someway somehow. It all depends on the degree of understanding. That is why I say this is the art of geological science.
Just to change the flavor (I am quite bored on this thread and am about to quit), you give me an "age" and I will tell you what does it mean.
Yes, I can understand why you'd want to quit....you just got found out...!
Would it depend on how big was the tree and what kind the tree was?
Did you learn this tricky question in school? Not bad.
No, I just made it up. The point is that the question isn't answerable, even if you know what kind of tree it is, where it will grow, and how big it will get.
In fact, it is a good question for teaching purpose. Those unknowns could be assigned assumed values. It is answerable.
That many assumptions = problem isn't applicable to reality.
That is a sort of "modeling".
No, models are designed to help explain or observe stuff that is otherwise impossible to observe due to size constraints, etc. Models are not made for stuff that doesn't fit reality (not on purpose, anyways).
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