David Deutsch misquotes Nick Squires’s Telegraph article

02/12/2024 · By Dennis Hackethal · Fork · Check another quote

Original text

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.

Quote text

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.

No use of ellipsis indicated, falling back to default ‘[...]’ if necessary.

Found 18 issue(s) using regular expression . and Histogram algorithm, underlined in wavy red.

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.

[...]↵↵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.

Explanation

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20	‧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.
21	~~[...]~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
22	↵↵	× no	Deletions cannot contain linebreaks.
23	They‧concluded‧that‧the‧marks‧were‧not‧made‧by‧paints,‧pigments‧or‧dyes‧and‧that‧the‧image‧was‧not‧
24	"	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
25	“	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
26	the‧product‧of‧an‧artist
27	"	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
28	”	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
29	,‧but‧that‧at‧the‧same‧time‧it‧could‧not‧be‧explained‧by‧modern‧science.

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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