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CMountainDave@aol.com wrote:

> Carbon 14 dating assumes that the decay rate of long lived isotopes is
> lineal. Maybe. Maybe not. Since we won't be around in 5700 years, isn't that
> figure taken on faith?

	<shrug> All radioactive decay is 'assumed' to be linear. If you have
reason to disagree with the physics involved, I'm sure your paper on the
subject will be well received in the appropriate peer-reviewed journal.

	Ron
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