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smueller1234today at 3:30 PM1 replyview on HN

Or this[2] 2007 Science paper on ultra high energy cosmic ray source candidates ("anisotropy") that we had to retract because significance started dropping almost the day the paper was approved.

It was a fascinating experience as a junior member to follow the collaboration internal conversation and investigation on this, because a lot of extremely principled scientists were clearly deeply worried about losing their hard earned reputation. In the end, I am convinced that we were simply unlucky.

[2] https://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.2843


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alexpotatotoday at 3:40 PM

> we had to retract because significance started dropping almost the day the paper was approved.

It's stories like this that raise my p(we are in a simulation).