Inaccuracies of Radiocarbon dating

[AnAncientAwakening]

Daniel - What is it about radiocarbon dating that makes it such a wholly inaccurate measurement of age? What I understand is that samples are collected from plant/animal matter, and then a process is used (based upon the law of radioactive decay) to measure the level of C-14 isotope present, which is in turned used to date the age of the organic matter being collected for measurement. Where have we gone wrong here?

[daniel]

Daniel - What is it about radiocarbon dating that makes it such a wholly inaccurate measurement of age? What I understand is that samples are collected from plant/animal matter, and then a process is used (based upon the law of radioactive decay) to measure the level of C-14 isotope present, which is in turned used to date the age of the organic matter being collected for measurement. Where have we gone wrong here?

A lot of bad assumptions. If you look at the history of C-14 dating, you'll see it is a "comedy of errors" across the years. Many times, scientists create their "constants" by consensus, not natural consequence. If nobody objects, then it MUST be true, right? That is why I prefer "natural consequence" over "public opinion." Just look at social networking, where everything is judged by popular consensus, not content.

First off, they have the wrong length of the year, which has gotten longer several times since man has been around. Second, they don't realize that radioactive decay is an ongoing process, not a "one-shot deal." By assuming the latter, the decay times are greatly exaggerated. If you want to know more on that, read Bruce's RS2 paper on "The Sea of Energy--Reverse Engineering the Moray Valve" where he discusses Gustave LeBon's treatment of radioactivity (published in the 1907 book, The Evolution of Matter, now public domain), and actually details the origin of Moray's "Sea of Energy" from which he was able to extract kilowatts of electrical energy, with not so much as even an antenna. And it is all related to a massive misunderstanding about radioactivity (which also prompted LB's analysis of nuclear bombs being faked).

Simply put, when your tape measure is the wrong size with the intervals changing as you go down the line, how can you get an accurate length on any measurement? It is all biased by the error in your reference measurement.