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To: RightOnline
Maybe.......just maybe.........you deserved it.

I debunked a demonstrably incorrect argument. Clearly I was out of line. :-/

114 posted on 10/11/2002 6:44:29 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Physicist
I debunked a demonstrably incorrect argument. Clearly I was out of line. :-/

Nope, you are not out of line... we need people to challenge the findings... all of them. Your math appears to be correct... the percentages of old to new carbon-14 are probably correct given your assumptions (We have no knowledge about the percentage of carbon extant in either the linen or the bioplastic residues - for example, linen may be only 10% carbon and the bio-plastic may by 90%, or vice verse, which would skew the math completely).

Now we need to go to the source and examine the actual observed percentages of original linen and its C-14 to the percentages of ancient to modern bioplastic micro-organism residue and see if they match your math.

I recall reading a peer reviewed article in which that exact investigation was done... and the report seemed to show that 2/3rds of the sample thread WAS bioplastic residue. I will have to go looking for that report. I believe it is on WWW.SHROUD.COM.

145 posted on 10/11/2002 7:10:30 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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