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Re: [Phys-l] case study: how to detect bogus data



Thanks -- I remember the Baskerville dog DID bark at nite.


bc viewed (TV) both Holmes' mysteries recently.




On 2010, Jun 30, , at 09:58, Brian Whatcott wrote:

I earlier comented:
/snip/
seeing too few zero deltas
brings to mind another point that John was recently mentioning -
reminding me of Sherlock Holmes and (was it?)
the Hound of the Baskervilles which did not bark in the night.

No, not that hound - it was the stable dog at Silver Blaze's barn of course
The comparison to the noted science fraud concerning IQ
determinations in an English psychologist's opus
comes immediately to mind. THIS was unexpected, and affected many
childrens' lives.

Brian W

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