Morny wrote:Why do you seem to think that a 30% error in 146-Samarium half-life should correspond to a roughly comparable error in scientists' estimation the age of the solar system? You already seem to have admitted to not knowing how scientists compute these ages.Mazzy wrote:The point I made is that a 30% error is huge and nothing to be handwaved away, sufficient time has not passed for even one instance of a daughter cell to be measured.
Not sure why you keep avoiding an answer to my simple question.
At least I now know the level of your understanding of scientists.Mazzy wrote:Scientists saving their credibility is what it is.
You seem to have a lot to say about what you think I think. Instead of Sm146 having 44 half lives it has had many more, around 60. You are welcomed to do the maths. So if the daughter count has remained the same the age difference should be significant.
"This half-life value implies a higher initial 146Sm abundance in the early solar system," This statement is from this research article. The researchers appear to have changed the estimate of 146Sm in the early universe as I previously stated. Scientists can only guesstimate if any daughter isotopes were present in the early universe to begin with. If you know any better then please enlighten me.
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1109/1109.4805.pdf
You may also note that the Sm146 was initiated in a nuclear reactor, "We produced three independent 146Sm source materials by activating isotopically enriched 147Sm targets via the following nuclear reactions: etc etc", hence not naturally occuring.
As for your ground breaking question that will surely sort this all out in a moment, I believe I have answered your question. Scientists do not know what elements were in the early universe or solar system, nor the amounts and can guestimate as they choose. If you want to call there guestimating fraud, best guesses, biased tweaking, I don't care. The fact that I have not given you the answer you want, like or can slap me back with, is irrelevant.
This forum links to a YEC site. I am not a YEC and don't care if the universe is billions of years old. I am here because I at least can assimilate the information YECs have to offer and their refutes to dating methods. One thing for sure evolutionists have nothing to offer on How God creates.eg proteins first.