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- macmcraeart, on 03/29/2009, -4/+49Damn that's like more than half as long as the earth has been here.
- JKount, on 03/29/2009, -0/+23Damn Nature, You Old!
- JKount, on 03/29/2009, -1/+19But the carbon dating to find the age is actually witchcraft.
- sageerrant, on 03/29/2009, -0/+8Inaccurate—it's actually not inaccurate, just imprecise.
- novenator, on 03/29/2009, -3/+10and here I thought a few gray hairs made me ancient!
- fjsferreira, on 03/29/2009, -7/+13That motherf*cker will see the two comings of Christ!
- abbott75, on 03/29/2009, -0/+6Can a coral really be called the oldest living organism? Its more like a city, with individual polyps diverging and dying than one, ancient animal.
- vaeldas, on 03/29/2009, -1/+7Coral lives for 4265 years. Sees pretty much the rise of modern man.
Modern man explores ocean, sees coral. Cuts chunk off, that has lived for 4265 years.
But I suppose, a small sample was needed to further preserve the entire species. - PimpDawg, on 03/29/2009, -0/+6Only a small portion of the coral is actually living. The "living coral" grows on top of old dead coral.
- gratuit, on 03/29/2009, -2/+7What is your reasoning? If the earth were 6000 years old as young earth creationists maintain, then there is no reason an old coral would disprove that
- justinebailey, on 03/29/2009, -0/+5It was actually dated using a radiometric dating technique (U-series) I was there! You should change the blurb, please!
- ahjo, on 03/29/2009, -0/+4I agree. If I lived on the skeletons of all of my ancestors, and you took a piece of my great*43 grandfather and used it to determine my age, well, you'd be mistaken.
- felidaeus, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3Haven't you read the comments? 2000 is the new 6000. Apparently TRUE creationists believe that the universe didn't exist before Christ. The old testament is really there to test their faith.
- enantiodromia, on 03/29/2009, -2/+5neat :)
- macmcraeart, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2really? seems you are unaware of the fact that the planet is 7000 years old.
- LilJimmyNordin, on 03/29/2009, -0/+2I'd really love it if we could all avoid using the term "ID" in the title of any story about REAL science... Just seeing it quickens my pulse in a bad way.
- inactive, on 03/29/2009, -0/+2Hmm, if anything this evidence is perfectly consistent with Earth being only 6000 yo
(because of the 4265<6000 thing) - PimpDawg, on 03/29/2009, -0/+2You have been buried. Congratulations.
- Macintoshreader, on 03/29/2009, -0/+2Still UNDER NINE THOUSAND!
- maverickapollo, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2Is this that Creation bollocks I keep hearing bible thumpers harping on about or something?
- novenator, on 03/30/2009, -0/+1I imagine it depends on your definition.
- larfus, on 03/29/2009, -0/+1That is one hell of a retirement community.
- felidaeus, on 03/30/2009, -0/+1I thought coral beds were formed from live coral on dead coral..... it can't possibly be the "oldest living organism", the "oldest living colony" at BEST.
- CerealFan, on 03/29/2009, -2/+3Um, you can't accurately carbon date marine life. Non-marine life, yes, accurately back tens of thousands of years, but not marine life.
- zakool21, on 03/29/2009, -0/+1Why not? You can't just throw that out there w/out explanation... What if it was extracted from the sea and dried out?
- scimanal, on 03/30/2009, -0/+1EPIC DBZ reference :P Dugg
- felidaeus, on 03/30/2009, -0/+1You know, not putting the http link makes it worse, the link screams "DONT CLICK ME", but the curiosity kills.
Oh, and NSFW jackass. - breakaway, on 03/29/2009, -0/+1So how long before we destroy it to make more space for shopping malls etc?
- inactive, on 03/29/2009, -0/+1Aliens.
- Konrad9, on 03/29/2009, -1/+2You never did too well on math tests, did you?
- incrediblemoo, on 03/29/2009, -0/+1i didn't know that 4265 was more than half of 4.6 billion. thanks for that
- AreUSerial, on 03/29/2009, -0/+1It's a lie. The world is only 2,000 years old.
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Evolution_is_fake
/s - hazard99, on 03/29/2009, -1/+2im not a creationist by any stretch of the of the imagination... but please stfu.
if you don't know what you are talking about, then don't speak at all.
hurray for hivemind atheists! - cscott5288, on 03/29/2009, -1/+2dang, i want to be a piece of coral ... not
- inactive, on 03/29/2009, -3/+3WORLD IS FLAT AND 2000 YEARS OLD
"them libril perfessers and egsperts aint no nuthin like mah pappy done teech me!" - marrus000, on 03/29/2009, -0/+0Buried for linking to your own story.
- justinebailey, on 03/29/2009, -0/+0Well you can actually, but it's tricky!
- BaphClass, on 03/29/2009, -1/+1Yeah I remember when I found Redtube too...
- s4g4n, on 03/29/2009, -7/+6another reason creationism is FAIL.
- BaphClass, on 03/29/2009, -3/+1You know, stuff like this stopped being funny, clever, or witty a while ago. Oh wait, you're one of those people with a grudge against religion, borne from watching one too many Youtube videos. I eagerly await your next irrational, profanity-laced, vitriolic rant about Christianity advising others to "STFU" and such.
It's people like you that cause me not to identify myself as an atheist. Stop making us look bad. - gratuit, on 03/29/2009, -4/+2How can you carbon date something that is still living?
- inactive, on 03/29/2009, -6/+3NO WAY DUDE
- Sebach, on 03/29/2009, -6/+3Inaccurate - it's actually closer to two thirds or three quarters.
- DulcetTone, on 03/29/2009, -5/+1Coral is basically soap scum with airs. It threatens to die if you wade into the surf with sunscreen on. A wilting lily lifeform.
- inactive, on 03/29/2009, -7/+1Great the first witness to evolution. Now the problem...how do we get him to talk?
- Genecalypse, on 03/29/2009, -8/+1BUT ITS A ROCK
- maverickapollo, on 03/29/2009, -12/+2What?
- jakobmakob, on 03/29/2009, -19/+2Get ready to be buried...
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