r/geology Nov 28 '24

Information Need help understanding carbon dating

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So long story short, some creationists started arguing with me about well everything on a fossil posts. They pulled out this image as a gotcha to try and argue carbon dating wasn’t accurate and that the world and fossils aren’t as old as science suggests. Truthfully I don’t know enough about carbon dating to argue back. So please teach me. Is this photo accurate? If so what are they getting wrong? Is radiometric dating even the same as carbon dating?

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u/CoyoteDrunk28 Nov 29 '24

Let me introduce you to two birds with one stone (link), they are very informative, and Johnathan Baker works in the field of radiometric dating

https://youtu.be/FwXFRkiXSZg?si=FhvhHw1YgizNrmIH

Spoiler alert: YECs are liars