A recent scandal involving the former president of Stanford, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, offers an opportunity to see how the research enterprise works to correct errors. To be honest, it does work, but often not nearly as effectively as it should.
Susan Svrluga, Mark Johnson. How scientists work to correct the record when there is an error in a paper. The Washington Post, 2023-07-31.
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