Perspectives on Discussion of Science and Religion

[Faizal_Ali]

As a community service announcement, I will provide a reminder that @colewd doesn’t really understand words.

Shroud of Turin redivivus - Not following where the evidence leads

Wrong. He demonstrates that WAXS data is inconsistent with itself, and therefore completely meaningless. For instance: (I)t is a pity that none of the other textiles were subject to the same treatment (as the Shroud was) , to find out if the assumptions and equations used for the Shroud are really meaningful. For instance, the average temperature and humidity of Masada are 22.6°C and 59.5% (from Masada, Golan Heights, IL Climate Zone, Monthly Averages, Historical Weather Data). This is hotter and damper than Memphis (22.1°C and 51% according to de Caro). If we take the portion of the Shroud graph relating to Memphis and extrapolate it as if it had remained there rather than moving north, we should be able to discover an appropriate minimum CBnor for a Masada textile (which from experiment was 0.7). [Screenshot-2022-10-29-at-10.11.51-am] This is clearly nonsensical… Yeah, no kidding. Did you just overlook that part of the article? And all the other parts where he makes argum…