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yardwork

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7. Thanks for explaining that.

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 12:08 PM

Aug 2025

If anything, this story shows how important it is to have a rigorous system of oversight in scientific inquiry.

Those are the checks and balances that Trump and Musk have just dismantled! They fired all the watchdogs.

Yes, con artists are everywhere. Who is going to protect us from them now?

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Deception at Duke: Fraud in cancer care? [View all] lostincalifornia Aug 2025 OP

This is from 2012. Duke has taken enormous steps to prevent this ever happening again. yardwork Aug 2025 #1

This is from 2012. Why is this being posted? chia Aug 2025 #2

Why are you posting somethig 13 years old obamanut2012 Aug 2025 #3

You are absolutely right, and I neglected to include in the OP, which i have since modified to explain why. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #5

Thanks for explaining that. yardwork Aug 2025 #7

Absolutely. I definitely missed the mark by not fully providing context. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #8

Charlatans are timeless bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #4

MIT president Sally Kornbluth responds to Globe report on academic fraud case at Duke lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #6