Radiometric Dating (Classroom Series)

Radiometric Dating and the Problem of Assumptions

Guess how many candies are in the jar and it's yours. 500 million. Wow, you get it right every time.

500 million. How do you know did you even count? No need. She's always right. Okay. Well now that Susie's done with our little geology club fundraiser I want to get back to radiometric dating which proves the earth is over 4 billion years old.

Whether Radiometric Dating Depends on Unprovable Assumptions

Aren't radiometric ages tied with unprovable assumptions?

Well, I have over 500 geology books and they all support these ancient ages, okay.

Why Radiometric Dating on Known Rocks Is Said to Fail

So how often are they accurate with the ages of known rocks?

What?

For instance when radiometric dating is used on known rocks like volcanoes. It's always wrong often by millions of years. What are you saying? Well, if it's wrong in the ages of known rocks, why are we trusted with unknown rocks?

Maybe like Abby here guessing that there's 500 million pieces of candy in that jar. It's probably way off. No offense.

You.