My daughter, an analytical chemist and professor of same, has been bribed, blackmailed, or threatened into teaching a section of freshman geology this semester. In Kansas. Much mirth to be had at the expense of creationist indoctrinees, many of whom are astounded to learn that the “facts” they have been told were made up out of thin air. One is the belief, common in cretinist propaganda, that ages in the millions and billions of years are based on radiocarbon testing and therefore invalid because radiocarbon doesn’t go that far back. Er, no, radiocarbon is indeed limited to very recent times in geological terms, but no claim is made to the contrary anywhere in the scientific community. Mega and giga year dates are based on other processes.

Without strawmen and half truths, at least half the anti-science mob would be struck dumb immediately, with widespread fact-checking to eliminate the rest.