Scott comments on Universal Fire - Less Wrong

63 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 April 2007 09:15PM

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Comment author: Scott 07 May 2007 10:08:10PM 6 points [-]

Nice post, Eliezer. The same logic applies to Creationists who insist that carbon dating is horribly flawed while blithely accepting the workings of radium watches, ionization-type smoke detectors, and other everyday objects that make use of the principles that govern radioactive decay. You can't pick and choose which physical laws will apply to your life...