グダグダ感漂う創造論学術誌を立て直す？編集長自らの投稿

"若い地球の創造論"ミニストリAnswers in Genesisが2008年1月に始めたグダグダ感ただよう"創造論学術誌"に5本目の"論文"が登場した。

前回に「どうも終わった感が漂いまくり。立て直すには毎月、編集長Dr. Andrew Snellingが自分で記事を書く以外になさそう...」なんて書いてたら、5本目はまさに編集長Dr. Andrew Snellingの作品：

==>Andrew A. Snelling: "Testing the Hydrothermal Fluid Transport Model for Polonium Radiohalo Formation, Answers Research Journal 1 (2008):53–64.

内容はきわめて"創造科学"な真っ向勝負。創造科学が抱える未解決の二大難問「6000光年より彼方の星が見える」と「放射性同位元素で年代推定すると6000年より過去の岩石がある」のうち後者。Dr. Andrew SnellingがAnswers in Genesisに転職する前にいた"若い地球の創造論"ミニストリInstitute for Creation Researchの頃からのネタ。

==>Andrew A. Snelling: "Polonium Radiohalos: The Model for Their Formation Tested and Verified" (2005/08)

放射性同位元素比率による年代推定に対する創造論者の主張には以下のようなものがあるが...

• CD001. Radiometric dating falsely assumes rocks are closed systems.
  
• CD002. Radiometric dating falsely assumes initial conditions are known.
  
• CD004. Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decay rates.
  
• CD010. Radiometric dating gives unreliable results.
  
• CD011. Carbon dating gives inaccurate results.
  
• CD011.1. Variable C-14/C-12 ratio invalidates C-14 dating.
  
• CD011.2. Vollosovitch and Dima mammoths yielded inconsistent C-14 dates.
  
• CD011.3. Living snails were C-14 dated at 2,300 and 27,000 years old.
  
• CD011.4. A freshly killed seal was C-14 dated at 1,300 years old.
  
• CD011.5. Triassic wood from Australia was dated at 33,000 years old.
  
• CD011.6. Ancient coal and oil are C-14 dated as only 50,000 years old.
  
• CD012. U-Th dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks.
  
• CD013. K-Ar dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks.
  
• CD013.1. K-Ar dates of 1986 dacite from Mount St. Helens are very old.
  
• CD014. Isochron dating gives unreliable results.
  
• CD014.1. Isochron date of young Grand Canyon lava is excessively old.
  
• CD015. Zircons retain too much helium for an old earth.
  
• CD016. The U-Th-Pb method, properly corrected for neutron capture, gives recent dates.
  
• CD020. Consistency of radiometric dating comes from selective reporting.
  

今回のDr. Andrew A. Snelling編集長のネタは...

• 前提として、ノアの洪水は「catastrophic plate tectonics」
  
• 局所変成・熱流体・局所冷却を一気に数週間で
  
• ノアの洪水で238U崩壊を加速

基本的には2005年から特に進んではいないようだ。

まあ、それでも、Answers Research Journalのグダグダ感からの立て直しにはなるかもしれない...