Re: Age determination by x-ray examinations

["Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@cpcug.org>]

This is just one more example of the price we pay for assuming (incorrectly)
that even the tiniest amounts of radiation are always harmful.  So
radiation, unlike anything else, must always be presumed guilty until proved
otherwise.  And so we conclude that we should use certain less effective
fluoroscopic analytical techniques (for example) rather than clearly
superior nuclear techniques, to avoid using radiation.  And we still avoid,
as far as possible, using nuclear generators for powering (not propelling)
space exploration vehicles, and instead use monstrous solar generators.

How long are we going to tolerate this nonsense?

Ted Rockwell

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