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Originally Posted by newB
Replication of the experiment to verify the results is an important step in the scientific method. Skipping that and going straight to the media with your results is reminiscent of Fleischmann and Pon's cold fusion claims from 1989 and more recently Hwang Woo-suk's stem cell claims from 2004-2005.
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Well, it's hard to keep exciting scientific news like that to yourself I'm sure. I'm glad that he points out the scientific method at least and says basically take this news with a grain of salt, although most of the general public probably doesn't understand how science works anyways ... but at least he is trying.