To summarize the procedural problems with the 1988 C-14 dating of the TS: 1. Only a single sample location was taken from the shroud. viewtopic.php?p=1111672#p1111672 2. Bias was demonstrated by the C-14 labs in their role in kicking out STURP from participating in the tests and preventing their proposal of additional non-destructive tests to be …
For honest scientific work to be done, all gathered data should be considered. You cannot just pick and choose data and manipulate the data in order to get the desired results. Since 2017, when scientists were able to get access to the raw C-14 data and analyze it, it has been discovered the labs had …
In any endeaver, whether it is scientific research or financial dealings or judicial decisions, conflicts of interest should be avoided at all costs. Even if no malicious activity actually happens, the appearance of potential biased activity should be avoided. If a judge is related to a defendent, the judge should recuse himself from the case. …
It is standard procedure for scientists to publicly make available their data for other scientists to also analyze it. However, in the case of the C-14 labs, they would not disclose their data. The data was kept secret for more than 29 years! It took legal action against the British Museum for them to eventually …
The C-14 was tested by three labs. The whole point of having three labs test the shroud was to have independent testing. In order to do this, some things are required to achieve independence: – Tests should be done concurrently – There should not be any leaks of data from the lab to the outside …
Are there examples of the shroud weave (linen) from the 1st century to show they had the technology to produce such a weave? Yes, during the first century they had the technology to produce the herringbone weave. Various herringbone weaves have been found in antiquity: A pair of woolen leggings found in the permafrost of …
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When the labs got their samples, they did not properly document their samples with photographs. Also, during the pretreatment, no labs had reported their samples contained contamination or how much there were. So, all the labs were not rigorous in carrying out the initial steps of the dating. What is surprising to learn is that, …
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According to the official Nature C-14 report, each lab got ~50 mg of the shroud sample. “Three samples, each ~50 mg in weight, were prepared from this strip.” https://www.shroud.com/nature.htm But on closer inspection, the weights for each given specimen varies. Italian researcher Marinelli said, “Also, regards the weights, there later were pronouncements that gave different …
When they were unveiling the shroud, cutting from it, and putting the samples into the vials for the labs, the entire process was supposed to be filmed. But this did not happen. The entire procedure was filmed except for the most critical point — when the samples were placed into the vials. There is no …
Rigorous scientific tests should involve blind testing. In a blind or blinded experiment, information which may influence the participants of the experiment is withheld until after the experiment is complete. Good blinding can reduce or eliminate experimental biases that arise from a participants’ expectations, observer’s effect on the participants, observer bias, confirmation bias, and other …