From: Susan Brassfield <Susan-Brassfield@ou.edu
> Allen Roy:
> > So far, no one has addressed the real issue. Did I misquote the
> >author? Did I quote out of context?
>
> yes, in that the problems you mention have solutions and you avoided
> quoting those.
Are you for real Sue? There are no solutions or fixes. The assumptions for
the method are invalidated. All it would take is one invalidation, but
two of the assumptions are "commonly" invalidated. This means that the
method cannot work, period!
It cannot work some of the time. It has to work all of the time. The only
thing that will work is to develop another method which objectively (not
subjectively after the fact) can determine just exactly which isotopes are
radiogentic and which are not. And you need to be able to objectively (not
subjectively guess) determine which isotopes have been transported into the
sample and which isotopes have been transported out of the sample. Until
you can objectively, scientifically do that it is impossible to do
radiometric dating validly. You cannot take a broken, faulty theory and
patch it up with rationalizations.
And no, the Isochron method is not the golden goose that laid the golden
egg. It is just as flawed as regular radiometric dating.
Allen
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