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Scientific literature needs discipline – an example from a killer whale life expectancy study

Posted on August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 By Chris Parsons 1 Comment on Scientific literature needs discipline – an example from a killer whale life expectancy study
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If you let a puppy piddle on the carpet without discipline, it will keep doing it. It will grow into a big dog that destroys your carpeting and rugs and makes your whole house stink.

So it is with scientific literature.

puppy-pees

We all know bad papers are out there. When you read them, you’re left scratching your head and wondering, “How on earth did these pass peer-review?” Worse still, there are “ugly” science articles, where the scientific method goes by the wayside and data are cherry-picked, misinterpreted or manipulated to justify a political or ideological agenda or to undermine science that interferes with that agenda.

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