Bob Enyart calls Jack Horner about carbon dating a T-rex fossil

Listen in as radio host Bob Enyart calls famed paleontologist Jack Horner and offers to pay him a large sum of money to carbon-14 date a T-rex fossil that contains soft tissue and red blood cells. Horner won't do it because he knows the results will come back as only a few thousand years old. It's fun to hear him squirm.

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Education

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• t-rex
• creation
• evolution
• darwin
• carbon dating

[wodentoad1]

Fossilization is a process by which organic materials are slowly over time replaced with inorganic material by way of decay and leaching. A fossilized tree is not made of wood but of rock, but it happens to be in the same structure and shape of a tree. A bone that is millions of years old is not a bone, but a bone shaped rock. I have heard no useful or realistic alternate theory of fossilization, but if you come up with one, I would be happy to read your peer reviewed scientific paper.

[bestvalue]

@wodentoad1 Know all that too. It proves my point that a 70 million year old dinosaur fossil should not have red blood cells and soft tissue much less carbon 14 in it. Stop making excuses and admit you're wrong. Oh, no you can't because then you would have to admit God exists and you couldn't live an immoral lifestyle.

[CamW30]

@bestvalue - "Te biofilm argument has been falsified."

By whom? Creation science? I hardly think so.

"due to the short half-life of carbon-14... (and all creationists) know that"

50 - 70,000 years, when the Earth is supposed by YECs (like Enyart) to be 6 - 10,000 years old? Does none of your "kind" see a problem with this?

As I said, "Pitiful, just pitiful."

At least you are among a small minority. There may be hope for the world, yet.

BTW, Hell would be having to spend eternity with YECs.

[RoadRunnerLaser]

To coin a phrase - "There's no f***in' carbon in it!"

When a creature fossilises, there's nothing of the original creature left in the fossil. Look up fossilisation and you will understand why you won't find significant amounts of carbon in fossils. As another commenter has pointed out, a fossilised bone isn't bone. It's rock which formed where the bones WERE.

[LeonhardEuler1]

@bestvalue (1) Evolutionary biology and atheism are not the same thing- stop trying to conflate the two. (2) There are numerous moral/ethical systems which have been developed independent of any god, so not believing in god does not mean abandoning morality. Please make an actual effort in educating yourself before making any more videos.

[kauzmic1]

Jack Horner is not squirming at all. He's probably pondering the futility of discussing this with you because: "Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory." -- Scott D. Weitzenhoffer

as you have proven by claiming that he is "squirming" over this.

[RuinSonic]

@bestvalue He already explained why he doesn't want to do it. A. Creationist attention, B. improper dating could give wild results. Creationists have already done this trick with new lava formations. The theory behind the dating is more important than what date you can get out of something by dating it incorrectly.

[clongoram]

I dont hear any squirming on Jacks part. Thats the way he always is. Look at his talks and you will see for yourself. Why are you insulting Jack? Does his findings and talks go against your teachings? If so what is the problem? Every other religion will go against your teachings. Why not pick a bone with them? That I would like to hear. Science is the study of the natural world. Religion is the study of the supernatural world. Why people keep confusing the two is beyond me.

[watercup123456]

How high are these morons to attack proven science?

[MrPianoJames]

@bestvalue Your ignorance is saddening, sir.

[USERNAMEfieldempty]

Jack Horner was not 'running scared' of your 'devastating scientific challenge'. He was running scared of the Cretard Propaganda Machine. You are provably a bunch of lying, cheating, untrustworthy, quote-mining spin-doctors who cannot be relied on to behave like grown ups (let alone scientists). In this phonecall Jack distinctly and politely told you that he was not interested in staging a 3-ring circus with a bunch of amateur clowns. And you totally ignored him and spun it as cowardice. QED