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Re:Edward Snowden's New Research Aims to Keep Smartphones fr... by imglorp on Friday July 22, 2016 @09:03AM (#12143238)
Well, if they can manage to reproduce a phenomenon, however they stumble on it, it's pretty conclusively confirmed.

There's definitely doubt about their conclusion when they can't reproduce something and then declare it busted -- absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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Re:Edward Snowden's New Research Aims to Keep Smartphones fr... by nitrogen on Friday July 22, 2016 @04:04PM (#12146374)
I can think of one "confirmed" myth involving bacteria that was likely invalidated by improper sample handling. The lab scientist who ran the test appeared to be straining to say that without overstepping her remit on the show.
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