[FRIAM] Big data forensics

[⛧ glen]

Ha! Bloom was inflammatory in the same way "This Week in Virology" <https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/> is a "popular podcast". 8^D


On June 25, 2021 12:11:50 AM PDT, David Eric Smith <desmith at santafe.edu> wrote:
>And on the other side, lest one worry that journalists might be looking
>for the most flamboyant version of an assertion:
>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/coronavirus-sequences-deleted-china-nih
><https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/coronavirus-sequences-deleted-china-nih>
>"Although the sequences were deleted, Garry pointed out that key
>genetic mutations they contained were still published in a table in the
>final paper from the Wuhan team. “Jesse Bloom found exactly nothing new
>that is not already part of the scientific literature,” Garry told
>BuzzFeed News, accusing Bloom of writing his preprint in an
>“inflammatory way that is unscientific and unnecessary.” "
>
>Sorry; I’m really stalling from doing something tedious, and the NYT
>has found a more effective way of maintaining their paywall, so I can’t
>waste time in the usual ways…
>

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glen ⛧