Odd news story this week. Probably in the last place anyone would
expect, a fossilized animal footprint about the size of a human
hand was found on Prince Edward Island, Canada and thrown the
Paleontologists into tizzy because it's been dated at 290 million
years old, about 60 million years older than any life that size was
thought to exist to date.

Shows there's always room for surprises and to learn new things.. B)

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Odd news story this week. Probably in the last place anyone would
expect, a fossilized animal footprint about the size of a human
hand was found on Prince Edward Island, Canada and thrown the..

I'm not convinced that methods to date things like that is
completely accurate or reliable.



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Rob Mccart wrote to ALL <=-

Shows there's always room for surprises and to learn new things.. B)

It could also be that we know so much that isn't so. We think we know
all of the things then something comes along and remind us that we know
so little.

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Re: Re: Old News
By: digimaus to Rob Mccart on Fri Oct 31 2025 17:10:56

It could also be that we know so much that isn't so. We think we know
all of the things then something comes along and remind us that we know
so little.

It's been said over the years that we know more about outer space than we do about the ocean depths. Now that we have vehicals that can reach the ocean bottoms, that may soon change, if it hasen't already.
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Odd news story this week. Probably in the last place anyone would
expect, a fossilized animal footprint about the size of a human
hand was found on Prince Edward Island, Canada and thrown the..

I'm not convinced that methods to date things like that is

>completely accurate or reliable.

Probably not totally accurate but I'm sure they are using the same
methods that have been used to 'date' other specimens, or in this
case it's more like estimating the age of rock in that area, so
the numbers may be inaccurate but should be comparative..

It's like the carbon dating, we think of it as being pretty
accurate but you often find that the older the specimen is,
the wider the margin of error, like you start getting the age
of a sample may be plus or minus 5,000 years old when you're
getting close to the maximum it can do, about 50,000 years old..

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Shows there's always room for surprises and to learn new things.. B)

It could also be that we know so much that isn't so. We think we know

>all of the things then something comes along and remind us that we know
>so little.

Yes, over time most of the scientific information we've collected gets overturned or at least updated once we find better ways to look at
things.

But that's a bit like people.. You learn as you grow/age - if
you're paying attention... (I went back to add that last bit..)

I always liked the Mark Twain quote, he said when he was 14 that
his father was so ignorant he couldn't bear to be around him, but
when he was 21 he said he was astounded how much the old man had
learned in just 7 years.. B)

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I always liked the Mark Twain quote, he said when he was 14 that
his father was so ignorant he couldn't bear to be around him, but
when he was 21 he said he was astounded how much the old man had
learned in just 7 years.. B)

"A man is like a plank of wood: needs to be seasoned before it's
useful."

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Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS <=-

Odd news story this week. Probably in the last place anyone would
expect, a fossilized animal footprint about the size of a human
hand was found on Prince Edward Island, Canada and thrown the..

I'm not convinced that methods to date things like that is

>completely accurate or reliable.

Probably not totally accurate but I'm sure they are using the same
methods that have been used to 'date' other specimens, or in this
case it's more like estimating the age of rock in that area, so
the numbers may be inaccurate but should be comparative..

It's like the carbon dating, we think of it as being pretty
accurate but you often find that the older the specimen is,
the wider the margin of error, like you start getting the age
of a sample may be plus or minus 5,000 years old when you're
getting close to the maximum it can do, about 50,000 years old..

And of course carbon dating is not historically accurate. Look
at the dating of the trees buried during Mount St. Helens.




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It could also be that we know so much that isn't so. We think we know

> > all of the things then something comes along and remind us that we know
> > so little.

It's been said over the years that we know more about outer space than we do

>ut the ocean depths. Now that we have vehicals that can reach the ocean bott
>, that may soon change, if it hasen't already.

And whether this will be good or bad remains to be seen.. I've read a
lot of books where waking something up down there didn't work out well.. B)

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It's like the carbon dating, we think of it as being pretty
accurate but you often find that the older the specimen is,
the wider the margin of error, like you start getting the age
of a sample may be plus or minus 5,000 years old when you're
getting close to the maximum it can do, about 50,000 years old..

And of course carbon dating is not historically accurate. Look

>at the dating of the trees buried during Mount St. Helens.

My impression is it doesn't matter what the carbon based matter
is buried in, they check the age by the break down of the
radioactive isotope of the carbon which occurs at a relatively
predictable rate over time, although it's harder to nail down
as accurately when it gets quite old.

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It's like the carbon dating, we think of it as being pretty
accurate but you often find that the older the specimen is,
the wider the margin of error, like you start getting the age
of a sample may be plus or minus 5,000 years old when you're
getting close to the maximum it can do, about 50,000 years old..

And of course carbon dating is not historically accurate. Look

>at the dating of the trees buried during Mount St. Helens.

Did something about the volcanic erruption prevent them from being dated properly? I had never heard that before.

Mike

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Re: Re: Old News
By: Rob Mccart to MORTAR M. on Thu Nov 06 2025 07:46:23

And whether this will be good or bad remains to be seen.. I've read a
lot of books where waking something up down there didn't work out well.. B)

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