Do You Think Carbon Dating is Accurate?

**Yehiel** · 02-04-2014, 02:04 AM

Do you think carbon dating is accurate? If you choose to a certain point, what is the farthest back you think it is accurate?

**Proctor** · 02-04-2014, 02:05 AM

Yes, I do think it's accurate and CERTAINLY more accurate than any religious description of how old things are.

**Yehiel** · 02-04-2014, 02:08 AM

Originally Posted by Proctor

Yes, I do think it's accurate and CERTAINLY more accurate than any religious description of how old things are.

I see

Can you use the poll also?

**Yehiel** · 02-04-2014, 02:11 AM

I think it is accurate to a certain point, anything past 5,000 years is cutting it close to me.

**Tropico** · 02-04-2014, 02:15 AM

It's only good for biological samples containing carbon, so it's limited. But within it's limits it's very accurate I would say.

**Yehiel** · 02-04-2014, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by Tropico

It's only good for biological samples containing carbon, so it's limited. But within it's limits it's very accurate I would say.

Do you think when it dates things back 100,000 years ago it should be taken literal?

**Tropico** · 02-04-2014, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Yehiel

Do you think when it dates things back 100,000 years ago it should be taken literal?

It's gives a broad range, not as specific, but still reliable.

**Prisoner Of Ice** · 02-04-2014, 02:51 AM

It only goes back to 50k years max.

The main problem with it is that if you don't do it right after something comes out of the ground the accuracy is in question. Same if it was not fully buried and sealed off before it was dated. So for many of the things we really want to date it is not too accurate.