 AuraFox
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
 79 Posts
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Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:02:56 AM
Heck I would pay to get a fossil counter |
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 frenchroast
Male, 30-39, Canada
146 Posts
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Saturday, May 09, 2009 7:20:47 AM
I worked on this house that had fossilized seashells in the shower stonework. Very cool. |
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 Discomonkey
Male, 13-17, Europe
1274 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 5:15:00 PM
I lol'd when the guy in the specs and red jumper said, "...got down on my hands and knees...and there where bones all ocver the place..."
Just the way he tryed to sound exciting. |
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 Will-O-Wisp
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
467 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 4:16:07 PM
... I freakin' love National Geographic! <3 I'm such a nerd. |
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dairy
Male, 18-29, Europe
378 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 6:05:16 AM
Real men are men of SCIENCE! |
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 Lionhart2
Male, 40-49, Australia
5382 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 5:56:00 AM
Oh and PS, unless you're claiming to be omniscient all-knowing God yourself, YOU have a "limited" understanding of science yourself, as does everyone, logically speaking - AND you served up that Answersingenesis.org URL a bit too glibly for my liking, almost like it WAS in your bookmarks... admit it, you're a bat-sh*t crazy Calvinist in disguise, aren't you?  |
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Lionhart2
Male, 40-49, Australia
5382 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 5:52:39 AM
> DavyMid
> Blah blah blah blahBut Davy, the very BASIS of the 6,000 year old earth theory is that carbon and radiometric dating are unreliable!! If you bring facts into it, what can we use for winning arguments then!? |
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 davisboy
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
225 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 5:43:59 AM
I'm sorry, but I don't understand how finding some small bones in the dirt leads to a big complicated theory about how all these animal migrated in from Asia. |
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 Qualara
Female, 18-29, Australia
46 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 5:22:04 AM
That's pretty neet! I want a table like that! |
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 davymid
Male, 18-29, Europe
5553 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 4:44:43 AM
No point getting into a debate on the relative shortcomings of carbon and radiometric dating methods here, it will only lead to a religious debate.
With all due respect Lionhart my esteemed colleague, the only people who generally debate the shortcomings of radiometric dating methods in the 21st century (typically in support of a 6000-year old earth like The Book says) are religious fundamentalists with limited understanding of science and a favourites bookmark for Answersingenesis.org. So yeah, chances are it would indeed lead to a (somewhat engineered) religious debate. And @ Negative: hehehe. |
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 Negative_One
Male, 30-39, Western US
2488 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 3:42:38 AM
"The only thing I learned from this comment section is not to argue with davymid, because he will verbally yet forcefully rape you."
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DRAAAAT THAT DRAAAATER!!! |
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 Link_Hiei
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2210 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 2:41:58 AM
This stuff is awesome. I'm a nerd when it comes to this stuff. xD |
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 GRadde
Male, 18-29, Europe
1243 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 1:53:46 AM
"...crossection of an ancient -H-wale..."Jeez. Just say whale. pronounced wale. |
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Lionhart2
Male, 40-49, Australia
5382 Posts
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Friday, May 08, 2009 1:21:33 AM
@DavyMid and OpieNo point getting into a debate on the relative shortcomings of carbon and radiometric dating methods here, it will only lead to a religious debate. They KNOW these fossils are 40 million years old because that's how long it was between the initial order for the marble top by the customer and the delivery, this is Egypt after all (if you've ever been to Egypt you understand). |
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 opiebreath
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
14283 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:30:30 PM
"lol, where did they get 40 million? I think they just pull numbers out now and forego the carbon dating.Well, dammit, turns out there's a fairly major branch of science known as 'Geology'." Uh oh, you done it now... You don't lol at rocks with a Ph.D in geo. |
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 earthshone
Male, 18-29, Western US
1299 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:50:57 PM
those quarry workers gotta be pissed. Stupid Scientists...bitc.hes, I'm paid by the rock! C'MON MOVE! |
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ImDanny
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
85 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:41:21 PM
The only thing I learned from this comment section is not to argue with davymid, because he will verbally yet forcefully rape you. |
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 Veggieman
Male, 13-17, Western US
331 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:53:50 PM
wow... how amazingly boring... |
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davymid
Male, 18-29, Europe
5553 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:46:56 PM
lol, where did they get 40 million? I think they just pull numbers out now and forego the carbon dating.
Well, dammit, turns out there's a fairly major branch of science known as "Geology". Check wikipedia, they've probably got an article on it. The limestone that encase these fossils are Eocene in age. That would be about 40 million years old. And for future reference, carbon dating is only good for samples in the 10's of thousands of age range - archaeologists use carbon dating. You're referring to radiometric dating, of which there are many dozens of isotopic techniques. And yes, they are used extensively in dating fossils such as these. |
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 ShadowMaus
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
81 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:29:31 PM
Yea, it's weird how I was just reading about this the other day. Anyhow here's a pretty interesting link on wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_o... |
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 PacoP42
Male, 13-17, Western US
711 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:10:36 PM
very interesting! there are also a lot of whale fossils in the ghobi dessert, too. they have a valley called "valley of the whales" there. also FUN FACT: did you know that scientists believe the whale evolved from a wolf like creature? |
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 theburford
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
118 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:19:55 PM
lol, where did they get 40 million? I think they just pull numbers out now and forego the carbon dating. |
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 dljudo92
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
415 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:36:58 PM
idc about yo damn whales |
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 RckThsPrty
Female, 13-17, Europe
267 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:19:41 PM
I wonder how much that counter top is worth... |
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 maxell
Male, 13-17, Canada
274 Posts
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:38:12 PM
mr bob, lrntosarcasm |
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