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Line 72: − The fallibility of dating methods is also illustrated by the fact that dating laboratories are known to improve the likelihood of of getting a "correct" date by asking for the expected date of the item.+ − For example, the Sample Record Sheet for the University of Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory asks for the estimated age, the basis for the estimate, and the maximum and minimum acceptable ages.<ref>[http://www.radiocarbondating.com/submission%20form%202003.pdf University of Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory Sample Record Sheet]</ref>+
→Acceptance and reliability: See the cited form. "Estimated" does not mean "desired" or "acceptable"- it's a hypothesis and description of context, making this paragraph unsupported.
The original discoverer, unconvinced by this result, used a different method again, and again came up with a date of 40,000 years.
The original discoverer, unconvinced by this result, used a different method again, and again came up with a date of 40,000 years.
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==Some major methods of radiometric dating==
==Some major methods of radiometric dating==