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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay
Yes but if the accuracy is only "reasonable" for time periods for which you can actually find dated materials, how can you assume that it's accurate for items even older. You personally are free to trust carbon dating, for myself I remain very skeptical. Anything beyond a couple of hundred years old and I think you're pretty much just making educated guesses.
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I don't believe anybody is using a date certain with carbon dating, but people believe the ranges are reasonable based on scientific principles.
Are you disputing the precision of carbon dating or its range specificity?