Using a new technique involving wide-angle X-rays, the Italian researchers at the Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council concluded that the material used to make the cloth was manufactured around the time Jesus walked the Earth – about 2,000 years ago.
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The different methodologies used by the research teams who have analyzed the shroud reflect the changes and advancements in the processes used to authenticate ancient materials.
In 1988, researchers analyzed a piece of the shroud using a carbon dating system. This technique relies on studying the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) to measure time and date objects containing carbon-bearing material.
Using this system, the 1988 researchers determined that the shroud was manufactured sometime between 1260-1390 AD.
Oopsie, did we just prove that everything 'carbon dated' is wrong? If they can't even accurately date something a couple thousand years old, how in TF can they accurately date things back millions or billions of years ??
That's actually been proven a long time ago. Carbon dating is based on a bunch of unjustifiable assumptions, and real physicists have come out since it's inception to show it's hogwash. But The Narrative (tm) must be persevered, so their papers are buried.
No one knows how much carbon of each isotope each item started with, so guessing how much decayed over time is a crapshoot at best.
If you believe this story the only thing it's proving is they tested a contaminate. Like smoke from a fire. We know the age of carbon 14 based on a direct comparison of carbon-14 levels in the sample with tree ring or cave-deposit carbon-14 levels of a known age. Unless you have evidence tree rings get more or less than 1 ring a year your argument against it isn't valid.
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Oopsie, did we just prove that everything 'carbon dated' is wrong? If they can't even accurately date something a couple thousand years old, how in TF can they accurately date things back millions or billions of years ??
That's actually been proven a long time ago. Carbon dating is based on a bunch of unjustifiable assumptions, and real physicists have come out since it's inception to show it's hogwash. But The Narrative (tm) must be persevered, so their papers are buried.
No one knows how much carbon of each isotope each item started with, so guessing how much decayed over time is a crapshoot at best.
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"Oopsie, did we just prove that everything 'carbon dated' is wrong?"
No.
I bet it's bs science
Yes, they did. Again.
If you believe this story the only thing it's proving is they tested a contaminate. Like smoke from a fire. We know the age of carbon 14 based on a direct comparison of carbon-14 levels in the sample with tree ring or cave-deposit carbon-14 levels of a known age. Unless you have evidence tree rings get more or less than 1 ring a year your argument against it isn't valid.