How Reliable Are Radiometric Dates?
It has already been shown that the theory behind the dating procedure is based purely on assumptions that have no way of being tested. There are also other examples that show that these procedures are questionable. For example, during the Apollo 11 mission, lunar soil was obtained and was dated using four different radiometric methods. The results produced four different ages. Pb207-Pb206 – 4.6 billion years Pb206-U238 – 5.41 billion years Pb207-U235 – 4.89 billion years Pb208-Th232 – 8.20 billion years (Science, 1970). “Lunar rocks that were taken from the same location and dated by a potassium-argon dating technique gave an age of 2.3 billion years” (G. S. McLean, R. Oakland, L. McLean, 1989). Five different dates were produced by five different methods. Which of these methods is the right one, or are any of them right? If there are questions regarding the accuracy of a dating technique, an excellent way of testing the method would be to date a material of a known age. If the materia
