Raymond Rogers on lack of investigation before the carbon dating
Raymond Rogers responding to the question of whether or not the radiocarbon dating labs or church authorities had considered evidence that suggested the sample area was not representative of the whole cloth as quoted by Inside the Vatican, after Ray Rogers had published his findings showing that the carbon dating was invalid:
[I]t doesn't matter if they ignored it or were unaware of it. Part of science is to assemble all the pertinent data. They didn't even try.
The full quote in context:
Asked whether he [Rogers] thought the authorities at Turin had been aware of such evidence as the 1978 photographs indicating that the corner of the Shroud from which they took the sample was unlike the rest of the cloth, Rogers responded that “it doesn't matter if they ignored it or were unaware of it. Part of science is to assemble all the pertinent data. They didn't even try.”
This quote was prompted by the realization that ultraviolet and x-ray photographs taken in 1978, before the carbon 14 dating samples were removed, indicated that there were chemical differences between the sample area and surrounding areas of the cloth. Many people wondered if the radiocarbon dating labs or church authorities had considered this evidence or were even aware of it when they changed (or adopted) the protocol.