tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post505061953244913871..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: Mirror neurons and little men in boats: The rise and fall of an antivax paper Director's CutHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-87375917027038040242017-11-13T19:15:16.125-08:002017-11-13T19:15:16.125-08:00I think the "repeated three times for each mo...I think the "repeated three times for each mouse" wibble was an act of creative misreading, or poetic Deconstructivist <i>misprision</i>, on the part of the authors. In 2013 the results had been described as coming from three mice (or rather, three control / treated pairs of mice). Now the authors have retconned the same values and figures as representing <b>five</b> pairs of mice. But the original claim about "three observations" crept back into the text, as a dim recollection or as some sort of textual inertia, now manifesting as a completely spurious report of three repetitions <b>per mouse</b>.<br />It is hard to be sure because none of the authors will admit to <b>writing the words</b> of the paper.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-61759111685408037722017-11-13T04:37:18.470-08:002017-11-13T04:37:18.470-08:00"The experiments for each mouse were repeated..."The experiments for each mouse were repeated three times for statistical purposes"<br /><br />How does one euthanatize a mouse three times? One would think they'd get chary. Or perhaps they were cats.H. Rumbold, Master Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584302712998121919noreply@blogger.com