Anyone who falls for the non-sense of isochron analysis will believe
anything!
----- Original Message -----
From: John M. Lynch <john.lynch@asu.edu>
To: Allen & Diane Roy <Dianeroy@peoplepc.com>
Cc: Evolution Reflector <evolution@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: How is this for an Anti-Evolutionist's use of quotes?
> Allen & Diane Roy wrote:
> [snip]
> > Since, assumptions 3 and 5 are commonly false, then the whole concept
> > is pseudoscience nonsense (to put it kindly). If you want to accept
> > radiometric dating, go ahead. No amount of rationalization can make
> > falsified assumptions valid. I prefer my logic to be sound.
>
> ... and you've managed to completely ignore the fact that deviations
> from these assumptions can be detected (e.g. isochron analysis). If they
> are 'commonly false,' we know when they are, and why.
>
> It's analogous to a test for, say, a biochemical disease. It works
> _most_ of the time, and by use of controls etc we can detect when it
> wont work.
>
> -jml
>
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