Steven said....That's a conspiracy theory Alex. Science papers are peer reviewed which minimizes the chances of such nefarious activities.
I've mentioned the concept of renormalization earlier in the thread as an example to indicate that the science community will react to any perceived tampering with mathematics...
Sorry Steven I can see why you responded so...the manipulative hands I was hinting at were mine making a subdivision spread sheet say what I wanted it to say....
Still a lot of bad stuff happens but I never see one scientist fudging the books as representative of the profession..in fact as with most things if humans follow the rules we wont have problems.. and liars usually get found out one would like to think.
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