Can we really rely on carbon dating to tell us how old things are? Although it's not controversial

among scientists, it absolutely is among those who have their own notions about how old things are,

and are guaranteed to push back when contradicting evidence is presented. I'm referring, of course,

to young Earth creationists, whose notion is that the world is only 6,000 years old,

is laid out in the Old Testament. We're going to do a fact check on that right now, on Skeptoid.

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You're listening to Sceptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. The case for carbon dating.

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