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Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.'

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On 22-July-23 9:10 am, Volney wrote:
> On 7/21/2023 6:44 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 21-July-23 3:15 am, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> He never said that.
> 
> The facts didn't fit Starfarter's theory so he changed the facts.
> 

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'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-07-20 10:15 -0700
  Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 12:14 -0700
    Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 15:39 -0700
  Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-07-22 08:44 +1000
    Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-07-21 19:10 -0400
      Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-07-22 09:17 +1000
      Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-07-22 11:20 -0700
        Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-07-23 10:24 -0700
    Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-07-21 20:39 -0700
      Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-07-21 21:06 -0700
        Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-21 23:53 -0500
          Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-07-21 22:58 -0700
      Re: 'If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-07-21 21:23 -0700

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