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So this happened some 2 months ago & ever since no word came out.
Did something happen or is it going to get buried under the rug?
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-bug-in-fmri-software-could-invalidate-decades-of-brain-research-scientists-discover

>> No.8345520

>>8344691
Big stinks in science rarely hit the headlines in the dailies. There are other places this is discussed. Check for instance Retraction Watch. Things will get stinky and Feynman's Cargo Cult Science classic will be read out loud.

>> No.8345863

>>8344691
Ah yeah, interestingly enough I'm working on some of the scans that have been affected: the issue is just that a lot of the findings no longer have the statistical significance they wanted, but a lot more studies were unaffected because they didn't use the software with the bugs, or didn't use the specific part of the software that had the bug.

>> No.8347013

>>8345520
>Big stinks in science rarely hit the headlines in the dailies
Unfortunately, this.

>>8345863
I was thinking about that the fact that it's only a software bug so it has obviously not affected the core fundamentals of the science. But I needed to make sure.

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8347039

>>8344691

just fuck my shit up senpai

>implying my department could ever afford PET-scans if i decide to doctorate