Quote (SeaBas @ 23 May 2011 13:46)
Haha Sorry man, but this just says it all. You know exactly what I'm talking about with the example of temperature, and you were even talking about it until my logic was just too obvious.
When every single piece of evidence in the world regarding the age of our planet and the first life forms, from tons of different sources, from different countries and individuals/organizations points in one direction, has pointed in the same direction for hundreds of years, why not believe it? Were all of those scientific reports and pieces of evidence errors in judgements?
Read my edit. I answered it already with an analogy that fits your temperature example perfectly. Read post #14.
Quote (OgreDan @ 23 May 2011 13:45)
You know, it's funny, because I was going to say the same thing about Njag. Except that it's you playing Njags part, and he's the smart one
Funny how that works right?
I wonder how many times I've pointed people to post #14 now, and yet they continually result to red herrings, ad hominem attacks, etc.
Oh well.. Anyway, I hope you guys seriously look at what I'm saying here. I'd love for this aspect of science to be corrected, so that this inherent pre-bias will be resolved, and we can move forwards towards getting more accurate dates on things, to either back up the current estimates, or refute them. (I doubt that these posts will make any difference, but hopefully it has illuminated a glaring issue with this specific issue.)
I'm off the PaRD for now, thanks guys, was a fun as always.