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[there] Are Cases Where There Is No Dishonesty Involved But Where People Are Tricked Into False Results By A Lack Of Understanding About What Human Beings Can Do To Themselves In The Way Of Being Led Astray By Subjective Effects, Wishful Thinking Or Threshold Interactions. These Are Examples Of Pathological Science. These Are Things That Attracted A Great Deal Of Attention. Usually Hundreds Of Papers Have Been Published Upon Them. Sometimes They Have Lasted For Fifteen Or Twenty Years And Then They Gradually Die Away.
-Irving Langmuir
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[there] Are Cases Where There Is No

Irving Langmuir
[there] Are Cases Where There Is No Dishonesty Involved But Where People Are Tricked Into False Results By A Lack Of Understanding About What Human Beings Can Do To Themselves In The Way Of Being Led Astray By Subjective Effects, Wishful Thinking Or Threshold Interactions. These Are Examples Of Pathological Science. These Are Things That Attracted A Great Deal Of Attention. Usually Hundreds Of Papers Have Been Published Upon Them. Sometimes They Have Lasted For Fifteen Or Twenty Years And Then They Gradually Die Away.
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