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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by anitil on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:57PM (#30143097)
The oil drop experiment was a nice example of this same phenomenon - a slow correction over time - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment

I remember seeing a plot of the values over time, but my google-fu is failing me.

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by function_seven on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:19PM (#30144437)
I found this article that has a whisker plot.

https://alexholcombe.medium.com/confirmation-bias-in-science...

It that the one you remember?

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by anitil on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:33AM (#30145209)
Thanks! It must be that one
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