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I'm very interested in the phenomenon of blogging about retractions, expecially wrt chemistry papers (but many are health science, etc.) Seems like a whole movement and very healthy in cutting through some hype science.
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It doesn't matter. People who think autism causes vaccines, for instance, aren't going to change their minds because the original study was retracted. You can't put the cat back into the bottle.Comment
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retraction watch
Andrew Gelman
Arsenic DNA
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A book you might be interested in TCO- 'Betrayers Of The Truth: Fraud And Deceit In Science' by William Broad & Nicholas Wade.
Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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I'll check it out, Moll. Plastic Fantastic (Schon case) was interesting.
Then there was the cringe-worthy arsenic DNA girl* and the gushy NASA press conference.**
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GKmKyfXuFw
**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr6okAKr-OILast edited by TCO; February 7, 2014, 20:03.Comment
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is this entire thread in code?"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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GIYF.
P.s. Redskins will beat the Eagles this year.
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Not an Eagles fan. And I kind of doubt that. The Eagles are a really good team and the Redskins aren't.Originally posted by TCO View PostGIYF.
P.s. Redskins will beat the Eagles this year."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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