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2017-03-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by lord garth 2017-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Sheldon was off by a factor of 10,000.

Good enough for government work.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-03-18 07:58|| 2017-03-18 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 ...that would allow others to duplicate the experiments and compare the results...

And there is the lynch pin of REAL science.

Yes they made a mistake but they owned up to it and stood on the foundation of repeatablity.

Now if we could just find a way to inculcate this ethic in society.

Posted by AlanC 2017-03-18 08:47|| 2017-03-18 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Now if we could just find a way to inculcate this ethic in society.

I would be happy if merely all scientists lived it, instead of only some of them. The easiest way is to require duplication by the lead scientist's group of key experiments referenced in the publication. The extra cost would be offset by a severe reduction in junk science being published, not to mention done.... and a drastic pruning of references.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-18 10:20|| 2017-03-18 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 The repeatability of climate models is roughly zero.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-03-18 10:40|| 2017-03-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Life Imitates 'Big Bang'

It turns out that roughly 68% of the universe is dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 27%.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-18 11:46|| 2017-03-18 11:46|| Front Page Top

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