How old is earth

[btcnijuan]

It's most likely somewhere between 5,000 years and 5,000,000,000 years

[BAGOBO]

just watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfjrMcXPHM ( indonesian sub but english dub )
Earth was being created on 4,500,000,000 years ago and all unverse was being created 14,500,000,000 years ago, I was so amaze by this fact

[WhalingWhales]

It's exactly 2 years older than it was on this date two years ago.

Of course that is a ridiculous answer. There is no way to ever know EXACTLY how old the earth is.
                   
There are only educated guesses based on observations and assumptions.

[BADecker]

It's exactly 2 years older than it was on this date two years ago.

Of course that is a ridiculous answer. There is no way to ever know EXACTLY how old the earth is.
                   
There are only educated guesses based on observations and assumptions.

Not only that, the farthest we can go back with any reasonable accuracy is about 4,500 years.

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Quite the opposite. BADecker likes science.

BADlogic HATES science because it casts a nasty huge bad shadow of doubt over the bible. Doubt begrets more doubt which weakens faith. Weakened faith equals weakened dreams of heaven.
The religious elite have dangled that heaven carrot in front of him for a long long time.
It's his.
He wants it.
He's going to get it whatever it takes.
He's owed it.
No-one is taking that away from him, certainly not that pesky old science.

Which is why he's at war with science. One he will lose.


On the other hand BADlogic LOVES pseudoscience. Cannot get enough of it. Fantastic. Pseudoscience supports the bible. Doubt vanishes, faith is restored, heaven back on the radar.

Pseudoscience GOOD, science BAD.

[mrhelpful]

And knowing this information helps because??

Why is this even in the poltics section.. it should be in towards off-topic.

[TemplarKnightUK]

And knowing this information helps because??

Why is this even in the poltics section.. it should be in towards off-topic.

I suppose the age of Earth, like most scientific constants (not technically constant, I know, don't shoot me down) such as the speed of light, is subject to political manipulation.

Contest the groupthink!

[Spendulus]

just watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfjrMcXPHM ( indonesian sub but english dub )
Earth was being created on 4,500,000,000 years ago and all unverse was being created 14,500,000,000 years ago, I was so amaze by this fact

That's about right.

It's not so hard to know the number of billions of years, one pretty easy way is to look at our Moon.  It is a perfect historical record of events, without any of the atmospheric processes, weathering, water action and so forth.

[BADecker]

just watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfjrMcXPHM ( indonesian sub but english dub )
Earth was being created on 4,500,000,000 years ago and all unverse was being created 14,500,000,000 years ago, I was so amaze by this fact

That's about right.

It's not so hard to know the number of billions of years, one pretty easy way is to look at our Moon.  It is a perfect historical record of events, without any of the atmospheric processes, weathering, water action and so forth.

... and only about 10,000 years of moon dust depth.   

[hase0278]

just watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfjrMcXPHM ( indonesian sub but english dub )
Earth was being created on 4,500,000,000 years ago and all unverse was being created 14,500,000,000 years ago, I was so amaze by this fact

Well I agree with you man since you have a source I also have my own source. According to an earth science book used by grade 11 here in the Philippines. Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. This estimate is based on the age of meteorites found on earth I mean in the meteorites is the oldest ones found here on earth.

[BADecker]

just watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfjrMcXPHM ( indonesian sub but english dub )
Earth was being created on 4,500,000,000 years ago and all unverse was being created 14,500,000,000 years ago, I was so amaze by this fact

Well I agree with you man since you have a source I also have my own source. According to an earth science book used by grade 11 here in the Philippines. Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. This estimate is based on the age of meteorites found on earth I mean in the meteorites is the oldest ones found here on earth.

Watch this.

The Earth is 4.5 million years old.

The Earth is 100,000 years old.

The Earth is 6,000 years old.

The Earth is 15 minutes old.

Do I have to prove it?

[Maesters1-]

being Muslim i can give you answer in Islamic point of view. According o Islam it is only Allah who know that how old is the earth. but it is also said that the earth is present from the time if the earth is full of grain and a bird comes once in a year and eat one a sing one so how much time will the bird take to eat all the grain so it is said that earth is so old.

[exia911]

how do they even calculate something like this?

[Moloch]

how do they even calculate something like this?

Typically, I ask google... like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+scientists+calculate+the+age+of+earth

Google responds... like this:

How is Earth's Age Calculated?

The best estimate for Earth's age is based on radiometric dating of fragments from the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. From the fragments, scientists calculated the relative abundances of elements that formed as radioactive uranium decayed over billions of years.

How Do Scientists Measure Earth Age?

Generally speaking, scientists have developed four different methods of determining the age of the earth. By using these methods, or a combination of them, the age of geological formations created by past events and even the fossilized bones of prehistoric animals can be determined.

Based on the research done by scientists, the Geologic Column, a graph that illustrates earth age, was developed. The Column, with its names for the epochs and eras of time, illustrates what scientists think was taking place in earth history. A small version of the Geologic Column is pictured at the right.

Let's take a brief look at each of these methods.

The three primary methods are:

    Radiation Measurement
    Stratigraphic Superposition
    The Fossil Record

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just watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfjrMcXPHM ( indonesian sub but english dub )
Earth was being created on 4,500,000,000 years ago and all unverse was being created 14,500,000,000 years ago, I was so amaze by this fact

Its interesting to know that.If the universe created 14.5 billions years ago then theres a biggest possibility that other civilization is more advanced than us.But so far this is yet to be discovered as we dont have contact yet. Nice info, thanks.

[BADecker]

how do they even calculate something like this?

Typically, I ask google... like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+scientists+calculate+the+age+of+earth

Google responds... like this:

How is Earth's Age Calculated?

The best estimate for Earth's age is based on radiometric dating of fragments from the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. From the fragments, scientists calculated the relative abundances of elements that formed as radioactive uranium decayed over billions of years.

How Do Scientists Measure Earth Age?

Generally speaking, scientists have developed four different methods of determining the age of the earth. By using these methods, or a combination of them, the age of geological formations created by past events and even the fossilized bones of prehistoric animals can be determined.

Based on the research done by scientists, the Geologic Column, a graph that illustrates earth age, was developed. The Column, with its names for the epochs and eras of time, illustrates what scientists think was taking place in earth history. A small version of the Geologic Column is pictured at the right.

Let's take a brief look at each of these methods.

The three primary methods are:

    Radiation Measurement
    Stratigraphic Superposition
    The Fossil Record

None of this info is conclusive. None of it is necessarily anywhere near accurate. When you examine alternatives, you will see the inconclusive nature of all this. You have your choice... pick and choose what you want to believe. But know that it is inconclusive, and that you may easily be wrong.

[Moloch]

how do they even calculate something like this?

Typically, I ask google... like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+scientists+calculate+the+age+of+earth

Google responds... like this:

How is Earth's Age Calculated?

The best estimate for Earth's age is based on radiometric dating of fragments from the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. From the fragments, scientists calculated the relative abundances of elements that formed as radioactive uranium decayed over billions of years.

How Do Scientists Measure Earth Age?

Generally speaking, scientists have developed four different methods of determining the age of the earth. By using these methods, or a combination of them, the age of geological formations created by past events and even the fossilized bones of prehistoric animals can be determined.

Based on the research done by scientists, the Geologic Column, a graph that illustrates earth age, was developed. The Column, with its names for the epochs and eras of time, illustrates what scientists think was taking place in earth history. A small version of the Geologic Column is pictured at the right.

Let's take a brief look at each of these methods.

The three primary methods are:

    Radiation Measurement
    Stratigraphic Superposition
    The Fossil Record

None of this info is conclusive. None of it is necessarily anywhere near accurate. When you examine alternatives, you will see the inconclusive nature of all this. You have your choice... pick and choose what you want to believe. But know that it is inconclusive, and that you may easily be wrong.

If you study such things, as scientists do... it is 100% conclusive

One example...

Creationists, such as Ken Ham, claim that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time (he just wasted $100,000,000 building a replica Noah's Ark with dinosaurs)

Scientists on the other hand, have actually dug into the ground and found these bones/fossils... scientists have found that humans and dinosaur bones are never found together... they are in fact separated by vast amounts of dirt (representing time)...

There are no dinosaur bones found above the K-T boundary... and there are exactly zero human bones found below the K-T boundary

The K-T boundary is a visible layer of dirt formed around 65million years ago, found all around the earth, containing high concentrations of iridium, likely from an asteroid impact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous–Paleogene_boundary

This is how science works...


Now, how does your religion determine this is all wrong?  "God" said so?  Do you have evidence of dinosaur and human bones together?  Do you even look?

[BADecker]

how do they even calculate something like this?

Typically, I ask google... like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+scientists+calculate+the+age+of+earth

Google responds... like this:

How is Earth's Age Calculated?

The best estimate for Earth's age is based on radiometric dating of fragments from the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. From the fragments, scientists calculated the relative abundances of elements that formed as radioactive uranium decayed over billions of years.

How Do Scientists Measure Earth Age?

Generally speaking, scientists have developed four different methods of determining the age of the earth. By using these methods, or a combination of them, the age of geological formations created by past events and even the fossilized bones of prehistoric animals can be determined.

Based on the research done by scientists, the Geologic Column, a graph that illustrates earth age, was developed. The Column, with its names for the epochs and eras of time, illustrates what scientists think was taking place in earth history. A small version of the Geologic Column is pictured at the right.

Let's take a brief look at each of these methods.

The three primary methods are:

    Radiation Measurement
    Stratigraphic Superposition
    The Fossil Record

None of this info is conclusive. None of it is necessarily anywhere near accurate. When you examine alternatives, you will see the inconclusive nature of all this. You have your choice... pick and choose what you want to believe. But know that it is inconclusive, and that you may easily be wrong.

If you study such things, as scientists do... it is 100% conclusive

One example...

Creationists, such as Ken Ham, claim that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time (he just wasted $100,000,000 building a replica Noah's Ark with dinosaurs)

Scientists on the other hand, have actually dug into the ground and found these bones/fossils... scientists have found that humans and dinosaur bones are never found together... they are in fact separated by vast amounts of dirt (representing time)...

There are no dinosaur bones found above the K-T boundary... and there are exactly zero human bones found below the K-T boundary

The K-T boundary is a visible layer of dirt formed around 65million years ago, found all around the earth, containing high concentrations of iridium, likely from an asteroid impact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous–Paleogene_boundary

This is how science works...


Now, how does your religion determine this is all wrong?  "God" said so?  Do you have evidence of dinosaur and human bones together?  Do you even look?

I could go outside my house and not find any dinosaur or human bones at all. This is how science works.

Look at the various strata that supposedly are from different ages in time... like who knows how many thousands of years apart. Then look at the tree fossils that cross all the stratum.

And look at the fossil record. Tons and loads and a gigantic percent of the fossils were formed with their most delicate parts intricately shown in the fossil. How long does it take to form a fossil? Thousands of years? Hasn't anybody heard of decay?

Or look at that place in Australia where a guy fell into a mine shaft, and less than 100 years later he has been fossilized.

Or look at the many places around the world where gigantic, hundred thousand year old stalactites and a stalagmites have formed in less than 100 years.

This is science... self-contradictory, fake, fiction, and unknown for certain where it is attempting to be serious.

And if machines work, it isn't the scientists that made them work. It is the engineers.

Most of science has become a BS game... especially where dating the earth is concerned.

[SanjaPaulina]

Earth is old 4.5 billion years just believe what scients say and don't listed God books because that isn't true.That thint from Bible are just scam informations from some crazy brain in crazy history.

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