BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Radiocarbon dating and conspiracy theories - Maarten Blaauw\, Quee
 n's University Belfast
DTSTART:20240515T163000Z
DTEND:20240515T180000Z
UID:TALK211951@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Jinheum Park
DESCRIPTION:A range of conspiracy theories involving radiocarbon dating ha
 ve become popular on the Internet over the past years. Examples include th
 e radiocarbon dating of dinosaur fossils that supposedly reveal problems w
 ith a geologically old Earth\, claims that entire centuries of European hi
 story have been made up\, and archaeological sites that supposedly provide
  evidence for a long-lost Younger Dryas civilization that is being hidden 
 or denied by "Big Archaeology". We will look at what these conspiracy theo
 ries claim\, followed by more down-to-Earth explanations. We then discuss 
 the dangers of such conspiracy theories\, and provide some pointers for de
 aling with them.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR