Originally posted by John Bennett
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As they only give opinions everyone has a right to challenge them as would be the case in a court, and as such these experts should stand up and be counted and be asked to answer important questions about the way they carried out the tests and their subsequent results. It is only then that people may be able to form their own opinions as to the authenticity of all or part of the annotations.
However many have gone out on a limb by suggesting that the opinions given by these experts conclusivley prove the authenticity of the marginalia. The evidence of Totty and Davies has not been tested !
The question is how accurate and reliable are the opinions ? Is there any other corroboration to support the proving or disproving of the annotations as all being written by Donald Swanson? As it stands there is more to suggest that the annotations in part or in total may not have been written by Donald Swanson.
Those that support its authenticity can look at it which ever way they like and can argue till the cows come home but the reality as stated above is there for all to see and will not go away until perhaps further steps are taken to address the points raised above.
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