Timeline for Can a modern book that traveled back in time be proven to be older?
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 17:13 | comment | added | Mazel | However, if the ink is under the layer fallout from the 50s then that at least proves the book is older than the mid 20th century. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 15:01 | vote | accept | Erik | ||
| Aug 17, 2017 at 2:01 | comment | added | Erik | The thing I like the most about your answer is it opened my eyes about how much variation needs to be taken into account with carbon dating so if the tech makes a different assumption they could get a significantly different answer than another tech. This means a tech assuming the book is authentic might make assumptions that lead it to be accurately dated but will be contradicted by another based on stock assumptions for a book 500 years old. Which is good because contradiction breads doubt and the accurate dating looks like shoehorning a desired result. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 0:53 | history | answered | AlexP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |