ciphergoth comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 March 2010 11:23PM

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Comment author: JulianMorrison 17 March 2010 04:22:53PM 2 points [-]

OK, now here's one that might be interesting. Is there a gap, or is the date a lie?

Comment author: ciphergoth 17 March 2010 04:50:05PM *  2 points [-]

Is there ice core data to cover the gap?

EDIT: radiometric dating would present another big problem for this thesis. Still, it's very unfortunate that the dendrochronology data isn't public.

Comment author: JulianMorrison 18 March 2010 04:32:55AM 0 points [-]

Ice core data might provide an interesting test. Smash the dendro temperature values (these are probably available even if the measurements aren't) into shards, and then use techniques of the "shotgun sequencing" variety to reassemble it against the continuous ice core data template. See how it falls into place when there is no human dictating the dates.