31-10-2025, 04:04 PM
(31-10-2025, 11:31 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I have read the McCrone report, and must say that I don't share your respect for their competence in interpreting and describing the results of their tests...
Excellent dissection of the McCrone's report -- Thank you for it. I see no reason to doubt your analysis.
So much for "trusting the experts" though!
I've expressed doubts on McCrone's competency in the past, but for other reasons -- mentioning Titanium in any form without elaborating to explain its precense, given their own history with and awareness of the Vinland map fiasco, is a glaring deficiency in their report for the VMS.
But if we believe they fell short as much as you describe, then we can't at the same time rely on their analysis to provide support for the claim that the ink and paint is consistent with a medieval origin. Either the analysis by these "experts" is reliable, in which case there is a "Titanic Problem" with the VMS. Or it is not, in which case the 2009 McCrone report cannot be said to support any hypotheses on the dating the manuscript. We can't have it both ways.