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 Thanks for catching this great article.  The issue of the validity scientific research has brewed since the beginning of time, or science.  It frequently has little to do with "rigor," is one of the reasons replication is so important, why access to raw data is so important, and RTC'S so essential, and that's what the science says and data supports.

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> On Oct 17, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Geoff Butterfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> "Scientists like to think of science as self-correcting. To an alarming degree, it is not"
> http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble
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