Episode 39: Radiometric Dating and Young-Earth Creationism, Part 2

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Episode 39: Radiometric Dating and Young-Earth Creationism, Part 2

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Jun 8, 2012

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After going over the basics of radiometric dating in Episode 38, here I discuss some of the main young-Earth creationist complaints about the technique, and their arguments to try to invalidate it.

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Jun 8, 2012

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Episode 39: Radiometric Dating and Young-Earth Creationism, Part 2

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