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by Olap84 3653 days ago
Simples, market it as 1946 honey, no carbon dating after that! 70 year old honey coming at you
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whamlastxmas 3652 days ago
Why 70 years, or why 1946? Tried Googling but didn't see answer. I had thought carbon dating was pretty inaccurate anyways, didn't think it worked on such small time scales. Maybe this is a joke that went over my head.
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mpitt 3652 days ago
I think it refers to the background radiation increase due to atomic bombs, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

Edit: a nice plot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radiocarbon_bomb_spi...

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ascorbic 3652 days ago
When archaeologists give a date in years Before Present (BP), they measure from 1st January 1950. I guess that makes today -66BP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Present

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whamlastxmas 3652 days ago
I wouldn't have guess such small amounts of radiation in the atmosphere would interfere with carbon dating, but I know literally nothing about how it works. Seems like solar radiation and such would be a bigger contributor?
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philjohn 3652 days ago
Dawn of the nuclear age IIRC.
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lozf 3652 days ago
It's not old, it's "mature".
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