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NNadir

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4. You may enjoy going to the website "retraction watch" linked in the OP.

Reply to mike_c (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 01:15 PM

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My wife shared it with the graduate students and post docs, even some undergraduates, where she works and they were very appreciative.

Sometimes, of course, really good and important scientists get caught in the crossfire of scientific fraud, like poor Karen Ashe, the Alzheimer's scientist, wounded by the fraud of her post doc, Sylvain Lesne.

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A whopper of a retraction. [View all] NNadir Wednesday OP

I think I see a similarity to "Doctor" Oz there with a dash of rfk.jr. erronis Wednesday #1

Good point. NNadir Wednesday #2

wow! mike_c Thursday #3

You may enjoy going to the website "retraction watch" linked in the OP. NNadir Thursday #4