Dot points summary of my Hacker Theory: Turin Shroud Encyclopedia

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Dot points summary of my Hacker Theory

This is the second installment of my "Dot points summary of my Hacker Theory," part #42 of my Turin Shroud Encyclopedia. It will help me answer questions about my Hacker Theory in any future online interviews[14May25]. I need to this before I write my open letter to Nature[22Jan25], as my 6-part "My Hacker Theory in a Nutshell" series turned out to be longer than I expected. Even though it was much shorter than my hacker posts it was based on! As in my "Hacker Theory in a Nutshell" series, references will normally be linked to my previous hacker posts. Graphics will be `flashcards' which I may hold up to the camera to illustrate a point. If a reference looks the same as another reference, when it is clicked it will open at the correct place.

Newcomers start with: "The Turin Shroud in a nutshell"

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■ My Hacker Theory is that: "The 1988 radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin as `mediaeval ... 1260-1390' was the result of a computer hacking, by Arizona radiocarbon dating laboratory physicist Timothy W. Linick (1946-89), aided by German hacker Karl Koch (1965–89), on behalf of the former Soviet Union, through its agency the KGB." [23Jul15; 19Aug15; 13Apr19; 03Aug19].

■ 1260-1390 The 1988 radiocarbon dating of the Shroud as "mediaeval ... AD 1260-1390, with at least 95% confidence"[06Jan12; 22Jul12; 17Feb19] was from a 16 February 1989 article in the science journal Nature, "Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin." That article was not peer-reviewed[PM96, 110; GV01, 132-133; 28Jan25]. The "1390" date is fraudulent[22Jan25; 28Jan25]. The "with at least 95% confidence" is false[17Feb19; 29May19]. And the article contains evidence that the 1260-1390 date was the result of a computer hacking[28Jan25] (see future below)!

To be continued in the third installment of this post.

Notes:
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Bibliography
GV01. Guerrera, V., 2001, "The Shroud of Turin: A Case for Authenticity," TAN: Rockford IL.
PM96. Petrosillo, O. & Marinelli, E., 1996, "The Enigma of the Shroud: A Challenge to Science," Scerri, L.J., transl., Publishers Enterprises Group: Malta.
RTB. Reference(s) to be provided.

Posted 4 July 2025. Updated 5 July 2025.