• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
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      15 days ago

      Out of sheer interest, is it because the data was discredited or is there an ethics issue that kills a paper once it’s been cited?

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        15 days ago

        My understanding is there was little to no actual science in that data.

        To be science, the data would need to be systematic and care would need to be taken to exclude confounding factors. What that unit did doesn’t become science simply because they made notes.

      • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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        We just don’t have much use for data about how frostbite affects people who’ve already been tortured first.