Age of the earth: What proofs can you provide that infallibly provide evidence of the earths age?
Infallibly, well you may hold strong beliefs in which case you “know” the answer. Or there are two scientific methods which may give you the evidence: The first is radio-dating techniques here you take a sample that contains a suitable element uranium or strontium for example, which spontaneously decays into other elements or isotopes. This process is incredible slow (still going on since the earth was made) and by measuring the amount of the starting element, the ratio of isotopes and the presence of the decay products it is possible to calculate back to the time the earth was formed. There are some counter arguments such as the laws of physics changing or asteroids of very strange make up, but these have discounted by the scientific community. There are techniques to allow for changes in the sample over time . The calculations give an earth age of 4.5 billion years The next theory is to do with the temperature of the earth just as your hot bath eventually gets cold, it is possible kn
