Can science prove how old the earth was?

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wlminex said:
. . . .Yes radiometric age-dating om zircon (and other minerals) works well. . . . but remember that we are dating the age of the 'zircon' (when it crystallized). If the host rock has been 'recycled' (e.g., metamorphosed, etc.) or the zircon has re-crystallized, or otherwise the U-Pb ratio 'reset' . . . the original host rock may actually be older than indicated. Also, there are arguments made that 'loss' of radiometric components may indicate a younger age Maximum age of the earth is determined by finding (and reporting) the radiometrically-'oldest' (via U-Pb) zircons. We perhaps need to look at zircons, etc. in some meteorites?

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Yes, "the original host rock may actually be older than indicated." The oldest known rocks give the lower limit of the age of the earth. A possibility of finding an even older rock should not be ignored.
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origin said:
You are wrong, you know you are wrong, so you obfuscate to avoid having to admit that you are wrong - how embarrassing for you.:(
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i don't see how i can be wrong when i'm not arguing against anything.
analysis of a method is not arguing against or for it.
 
leopold99 said:
i don't see how i can be wrong when i'm not arguing against anything.
analysis of a method is not arguing against or for it.
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Wow, talk about the most weasel worded post I've ever read here as a lame excuse to avoid admitting you were wrong!!!! :facepalm:
 
AlexG said:
Wow, talk about the most weasel worded post I've ever read here as a lame excuse to avoid admitting you were wrong!!!! :facepalm:
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post reported for not backing up your claim i am wrong.

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post 147 reported for flaming.
 
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