Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decay rates

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 External Links 6 Related claims 7 See Also 8 Acknowledgments

Claim

Cosmic rays and free neutrinos, such as might be produced by nearby supernovas or the reversal of the earth's magnetic field, might affect the decay rates of radioactive elements, invalidating such radiometric dating methods as Carbon-14, Uranium-Lead, and Potassium-Argon.

Source

• Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Master Books, Arkansas, pp. 142-143,146.

Responses

1. This claim is an unsupported assertion. Under any environmental conditions that are consistent with the survival of Terrestrial life, radioactive decay rates simply do not change.
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Just So Story (it's just made up with no evidence to back it up)

External Links

• Mark Isaak's page for this claim [1]
• CreationWiki's comments [2]

Related claims

• Radiometric dating falsely assumes rocks are closed systems
• Radiometric dating falsely assumes initial conditions are known
• Radiometric dating falsely assumes no isotopes added or removed

See Also

• Why is Creationism not a Scientific Theory?

Acknowledgments