A Constant Decay Rate?

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Radiometric dating is believed to be proof of long ages. But the process is layered with assumptions.

Here’s one: scientists must assume the rate at which atoms decay is constant. If the decay rate was different in the past, the dates can’t be trusted!

And there’s evidence the decay rate was much faster in the past. In a study, the decay of crystals in uranium gave a radiometric age of one and a half billion years. But the decay also produces helium. Yet only six thousand years’ worth of helium has leaked out. So, the billion-year age can’t be right!

The decay rate was much faster in the past, making it impossible to get absolute ages.

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