> > From: chardin[SMTP:chardin@uabid.dom.uab.edu]
> >
> > > >There were no doubt thousands of papers written on
> > > >this subject, all of them relying heavily on this man and his
> work.
> > > > Yet it took one good scientists 10 minutes to realize the papers
>
> > > >written by this man were false--50 years after the fact.
> >
> I missed the original message, but it seems worth
> pointing out that results normally have to be
> replicated before they're widely accepted.
>
> Robin
What Robin says here is very much my view. In order for me to accept
a result, I need to see lots of verification, replication and
experimentation before I will take a person (scientists in this case)
seriously.
Sodom