Did the prestigious British scientific journal “Nature” compromise its usual acceptance criteria when publishing the 1988 Shroud radiocarbon test report in February 1989? Was the decision to publish motivated by editorial bias? Michael Kowalski, author and British Society for the Turin Shroud Newsletter editor, joins me to discuss.
LINKS/RESOURCES:
– Michael Kowalski’s new book “The Shroud of Christ: Evidence of a 2,000 Year Antiquity”: https://a.co/d/epzsZPN
– Nature’s original Shroud radiocarbon dating report (Feb. 16, 1989): https://www.nature.com/articles/337611a0 … you can get the whole article for free here on the official Shroud website: https://www.shroud.com/nature.htm
– Colin J. Humphrey’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004WVO8II/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=9148d286-8a49-4703-954d-f59bf3eb9ba8
– Wikipedia entry on John Maddox (editor of Nature at the time of the radiocarbon dating): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddox
– Wikipedia entry on James Randi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi
– Nature’s coverage of Dr. Benveniste’s “high-dilution” experiment(s): https://www.nature.com/articles/334287a0?error=cookies_not_supported&code=e6379625-c4dc-4334-bb00-abe09e956028
– Joe Marino links on the carbon dating:
o “The 1988 C-14 Dating Of The Shroud of Turin: A Stunning Exposé” book: https://a.co/d/ajjmttV
o “The Perennial Problem of Dishonesty in Science. Has it Occurred in Research on the Turin Shroud?”: https://www.academia.edu/98709771/The_Perennial_Problem_of_Dishonesty_in_Science_Has_it_Occurred_in_Research_on_the_Turin_Shroud
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