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Re:Rethinking the scientific method by michael_dorfman on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @05:25AM (#1978616)
Did you read the article? It is not primarily about the pharmaceutical industry, or about doctoring results, although it touches on both of those topics. The argument is far more subtle, and more far-reaching.
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Re:Rethinking the scientific method by drndown2007 on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @10:57AM (#1979403)
Agreed. The one that has me wondering how far off we might be is the idea that radioactive decay might not be constant:

http://io9.com/5619954/the-sun-is-changing-the-rate-of-radio...

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Re:Rethinking the scientific method by bugsy on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @02:16PM (#1980188)
That too demonstrates the scientific method in action. Experiments showed that the prevailing paradigm is likely flawed. Now we know more.
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