(Steven Hayward) Last year we had ten-part series on the problem of science fraud, and we return to the subject now because pop culture is catching up, which is usually a sign of larger public trouble. The Puffington Host is on the story, reporting on the widespread practice of selective use of data and statistical techniques to produce "meaningful" results that are essentially bogus. Dan Sarewitz has a good column on this
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