Open letter to Nature: "Shroud of Turin: Were the radiocarbon dating laboratories duped by a computer hacker?" (draft)

© Stephen E. Jones[1]

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This is the first instalment of my long-promised "Open letter to Nature: Were the radiocarbon dating laboratories duped by a computer hacker?" (see 22Jan25; 15Dec25; 10Febr26 & 07Mar26). It is a draft because [Right. The signatories and abstract of the article[14Feb19].] it will not be the actual word-processed letter that I will submit to Nature. That is because Nature might use it as an excuse not to publish it, if it has already been published on my blog. If Nature does refuse to publish my open letter, I will submit it to another scientific journal. However, I expect Nature will publish it, with a rebuttal from the laboratories, so as not to lose control of the resulting debate. When my open letter is (or is not) published by Nature or another scientific journal, I will publish it here. I will include here photos and references to my other posts, which will not be in my letter submitted to Nature, because of its limit of 6-8 pages. I will use my in-line referencing and then convert them to sequentially numbered references. I will also convert my references to Nature's referencing style. I would appreciate constructive criticisms in comments under this post. However, I may not agree with a comment, with an explanation why, and so not change my post in response to it.

To be continued in the second instalment of this post,

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Posted 23 April 2026. Updated 23 April 2026.