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Monday, December 31, 2007

Debunking The Commercial Press and Why Scientists Hate to Talk to the Media

The popular press ran a story over the weekend about the eventual split into two species of the human race. The sources cited were the preeminent London School of Economics and the work of Professor Oliver Curry. The story published as scientific fact is rebuked by Dr. Curry and this article explains how it all happened.
Posted by Dr William Ashton at 11:27 AM
Labels: ethics, pesudoscience, research-methods, science-politics

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