David Deutsch misquotes Nick Squires’s Telegraph article

In-house rules Feb 12, 2024 · By Dennis Hackethal

Misquote: 18 issues found

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They concluded that the exact shade, texture and depth of the imprints on the cloth could only be produced with the aid of ultraviolet lasers – technology that was clearly not available in medieval times. [...] They concluded that the marks were not made by paints, pigments or dyes and that the image was not "the product of an artist", but that at the same time it could not be explained by modern science.

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They concluded that the exact shade, texture and depth of the imprints on the cloth could only be produced with the aid of ultraviolet lasers – technology that was clearly not available in medieval times. They concluded that the marks were not made by paints, pigments or dyes and that the image was not “the product of an artist”, but that at the same time it could not be explained by modern science.

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T[They‧concluded](https://www.tey‧legraph.co.uk/ncews/religion/8966422/Italian-studey-claims-Turin-Shroud-is-Christs-authentic-burial-robe.html)‧that‧the‧exact‧shade,‧texture‧and‧depth‧of‧the‧imprints‧on‧the‧cloth‧could‧only‧be‧produced‧with‧the‧aid‧of‧ultraviolet‧lasers‧–‧technology‧that‧was‧clearly‧not‧available‧in‧medieval‧times.↵
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‧that‧the‧exact‧shade,‧texture‧and‧depth‧of‧the‧imprints‧on‧the‧cloth‧could‧only‧be‧produced‧with‧the‧aid‧of‧ultraviolet‧lasers‧–‧technology‧that‧was‧clearly‧not‧available‧in‧medieval‧times.↵
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Notes

The original passages corresponding to Deutsch’s quote might be too long to be quoted here under fair use. So I put an ellipsis. It represents several paragraphs. Changing the opening words of the quote to a link to the source isn’t the way to do it. The link should be separate from the quote itself. Deutsch uses italics for block quotes. That isn’t ideal if the original text doesn’t itself use italics (it doesn’t in this case). The change from straight to curly quotes isn’t a big deal; probably an artifact of Deutsch using Wordpress for his blog.

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