Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Subject: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:15:05 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 34 Message-ID: <64B96B99.5660@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="84f5358d58661a28dba20b5cc4cabbb2"; logging-data="2956666"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/d62wl8DCIhY02/qjyq5iLxRfj2FUprEE=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:mjWJuDmaC8Ppyya2rbXSzESj0fw= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 230720-2, 07/20/2023), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:615765 sci.physics:877823 alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:2678444 News • University Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract at least three papers Marc Tessier-Lavigne failed to address manipulated papers, fostered unhealthy lab dynamic, Stanford report says https://stanforddaily.com/2023/07/19/stanford-president-resigns-over-manipulated-research-will-retract-at-least-3-papers/ investigation found “manipulation of research data.” "The report concluded that the fudging of results under Tessier-Lavigne’s purview “spanned labs at three separate institutions.” It identified a culture where Tessier-Lavigne “tended to reward the ‘winners’ (that is, postdocs who could generate favorable results) and marginalize or diminish the ‘losers’ (that is, postdocs who were unable or struggled to generate such data).” "For several papers worthy of retraction to have been principally authored by the same scientist represents “unusual frequency of manipulation of research data and/or substandard scientific practices,” " (pattern of racketteering) ""In the report, the scientific panel raised questions about allegations of fraud in a major 2009 Alzheimer’s study that claimed to have found the cause of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s patients and was publicly called “the most important discovery in Alzheimer’s in the last 20 years, maybe ever” by former Genentech executive Richard Scheller."" (follow the money) "...contain doctored imagery..." https://stanforddaily.com/2023/07/19/stanford-president-resigns-over-manipulated-research-will-retract-at-least-3-papers/ https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/07/Scientific-Panel-Final-Report.pdf 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' -Albert Einstein -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.