re: Spinoff: interpreting scientific data

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in perfect world, yes

but when someone that claims to a scientist continually, over several decades, misinterpret and mislead in the name of science, the community is going to separate themselves from that person

this isn't to say that the person couldn't redeem themselves

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In the world of peer review, how can someone like that "redeem themselves" if their studies are ignored due to that previous separation? Even in this thread, people are outright saying that a study is garbage because of its authors. That isn't scientific. If a study doesn't stand under its own weight, then "science" is doing its thing (or being used correctly, rather). Discarding a study because of who wrote it is not scientific, though, and that's my point.