[SpringheelJack]

Your assertion was that McCrone was not mainstream, which is complete bullocks and something you don't even attempt to back up.

And your attack on the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry is ridiculous. From Cornell University's Department of Chemistry newsletter: "It has just been announced that Professor Fred W. McLafferty has won the prestigious American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry sponsored by the Fisher Scientific Company. This is the country's leading award in analytical chemistry. Pro- fessor George Morrison of our faculty won it in 1971. With the present award to Fred McLafferty we now have official recognition of what we have known all along— that our Department has one of the leading programs in analytical chemistry in the country, and two of the world's leading analytical chemists" newsletter

[grey_whiskers]

He still was nominated by one of his own cronies -- and I didn't see any critical review of his work cited.

BFD.

You might note, btw, that Al Gore was awarded the Nobel prize for his work on global warming. ;-)

Cheers, you lovable troll, you.

[grey_whiskers]

Speaking of awards, did you know that Einstein was awarded his Nobel for Brownian motion, since relativity was "too controversial"?

There is often a strong political component to awards.

And on a topic as controversial as the Shroud, I like to see independent, converging lines of evidence from multiple disciplines, before announcing.

Nice try, though. Cheers, you lovable troll.