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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

this argument isn't going to work on someone who believes god created said lead... and also, pretty sure not all lead was created from nuclear decay.

i get dunk on people feels satisfying, but this is just bad science communication through and through

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had a conversation with a woman who strongly believed God put the dinosaur bones there to test our faith.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

what an idiot, clearly god put the bones in the ground because dinosaurs were his favourite creation and he wanted us to know about them. Had he not put them there we'd have no idea, and he'd be very sad.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Also, the half life is when half of it decays. Some of it is constantly decaying. We don't need to wait for the half life to see any of it. The ratios would be totally off if there was enough of it to get the amount of lead we have right now, but some would exist. When the math is that complex, it's not going to change anyone's mind who believes what a magic book (written by regular humans) says. Nothing will, be if you want a chance it has to be something simple and obvious.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some lead might have been created from supernova fusion, probably. I'm not actually sure if it's the right isotope or if lead even has radioactive isotopes that we know of

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Anything can be radioactive if you add enough neutrons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

There are exactly 1.6 x 10^18 kilograms of lead on earth but every three minutes or so a brand new gram is welcomed into existence due to the radioactive decay of uranium.

Calculate that flat earthers!