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Teaser

00:50

Introduction: How can so many people be wrong about the age of the earth?

01:44

The scientific method: How time/age is measured

06:45

The 4.5-billion-year date for the earth is not based on science!

07:44

The claimed age of the earth has changed as people’s underlying BELIEFS have changed

09:17

What is science? The necessity of OBSERVATIONS

10:46

The COMPOSITION of the geologic column is based on OBSERVATIONS

12:33

The DATES on the geologic column are based on PHILOSOPHY

15:54

Up to the 1700s: People believed Earth was less than 6,000 years old

16:11

Late 1700s: James Hutton proposed uniformitarianism

18:35

There’s been a huge change in the culture’s belief about the age of the earth!

21:32

Naturalism (a sort of atheism!) was the underlying belief that drove the changing age

25:32

Late 1800s: Lord Kelvin used thermodynamics to proposed an age of 20-40 million years

31:02

1896: Radioactivity was discovered

33:05

1911–1946: Arthur Holmes used radiometric dating to repeatedly increase Earth’s age

36:31

1956: Clair Patterson used lead isotope measurements to propose an age of 4.55 billion years

39:16

The age hasn’t changed since 1956. Why?

42:24

The story about Earth history has continued to change, even though the age hasn’t!

44:30

Is life meaningless? Why Earth’s origins matter

50:18

Where to find out more

Geologist Explains Why Most Scientists Get Earth’s Age WRONG

Wednesday 19, Feb 202551:05

People today are taught that the earth is 4.5 billion years old, and that this is a firmly-established scientific fact.

But over time, society has had quite different ideas about the age of the earth.

So where did that number (4.5 billion years) come from? Is it as firmly rooted in the scientific method as people have been led to believe? And is it actually correct?

Join geologist Dr Tas Walker for an insightful discussion of the history of the age of the earth. Learn how it has changed (drastically!) over time, and what drove the change. Most importantly, discover why the age of the earth even matters to the lives of everyday people.

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