By: Karl Schneider
To: Laurie Appleton
Re: Fossil Record (b)

LA>   Maybe you would accept the explanation provided by the
LA> famous Isaac Asimov. He writes that;

LA>   "(Naturally, if the rock were at any time to become LIQUID,
LA> the uranium atoms and lead atoms would move about freely,
LA> undergo chemical reactions, and separate. It is ONLY while the
LA> rock is CONTINUOUSLY solid that they are imprisoned and must
LA> remain together and in place)."

LA> (Counting the Eons, Isaac Asimov, (Grafton Books, 1985),
LA> p.102)(emphasis added)

You lying sonofabitch, I have Counting the Eons open on my desk
at this moment.  That quote is on page 68.  But your little
fucked-up quote book doesn't present anything ELSE honestly, so
why should this be the exception?

Anyway, the lying bastards (as usual) omit the following quote where
it is explained:

  "To find a piece of rock that has remained untouched and solid for
  a long, long time is difficult.

  "Nevertheless, such rocks were found and the results from the various
  lead isotopes did agree.  Some rocks on earth have clearly remained
  untouched not merely for 1 eon, but for 2 and even for 3.  A piece
  of granite from an African region ...now called Zimbabwe has been
  found to be 3.3 eons old".

  _Counting the Eons, Isaac Asimov, page 68.

You are a disgusting piece of offal.

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