" This means that the ring pattern of a tree-ring sample carries the "intellectual fingerprint" of the dendrochronologist who measured it, every bit as much as

" This means that the ring pattern of a tree-ring sample carries the "intellectual fingerprint" of the dendrochronologist who measured it, every bit as much as this text carries my intellectual fingerprint." This is, as far as I can tell, insane. Error margins in measurement are not an acceptable basis for restricting access to your data. "Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting," has, unfortunately, significance here.