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Comment on Alzheimers paper retracted after a decade of resistance in ~health
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Comment on What is a subject you could talk for 2+ hours about with a great degree of accuracy and no preparation whatsoever? in ~talk
privetmoshi LinkPlants! I'm nearly done with my B.S. in Plant Science and am enrolled in a fantastic program. I'm hoping to continue my education and go into graduate school for my Ph.D. I can tell you a about:...Plants! I'm nearly done with my B.S. in Plant Science and am enrolled in a fantastic program. I'm hoping to continue my education and go into graduate school for my Ph.D. I can tell you a about:
- plant propagation (my favorite!)
- plant physiology
- greenhouse management
- soils
- hydroponics/aquaponics
- plant identification and aspects of morphology
- integrated pest management
- turfgrass (general info and management)
- landscaping
I could go on and on... My focus is horticulture but I've tried to dip my toes in a little of everything. It's a world unexplored by most (including myself for the longest time). It's beautiful and amazing, I only wish I could open everyone's eyes to it.
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Comment on What has made you laugh recently? in ~talk
privetmoshi LinkSo far as media goes, I've recently been watching a lot of Reno 911! Between that and SNL's Weekend Update I've had a few good laughs. Typically, I'm a far too serious person but silly humor...So far as media goes, I've recently been watching a lot of Reno 911! Between that and SNL's Weekend Update I've had a few good laughs. Typically, I'm a far too serious person but silly humor always gets me.
However, something pretty comical happened today. My boyfriend got bit on the d*** by a fire ant. We had been bug catching previously and went out for dinner. When we got home he felt something down there... then it bit him. So here we are, in front of the living room window, and he strips down frantically searching for the culprit. A fire ant. I haven't laughed so hard in months! It was one of those episodes where your sides start to hurt. Aw man, good times.
The publish or perish mindset promotes erroneous science and findings. I'm currently dealing with this at work, actually. Finished my M.S. and am now preparing a paper for publication. Realized after my thesis was submitted/approved that some of my statistics weren't appropriate. My advisor initially told me to do XYZ approach and I didn't question it (if I would have explored my data more and had a better foundation in statistics I would have known better). After someone proofread my publication draft, they reminded me to check my data to make sure the approach was right and I learned many of my experiments were not analyzed correctly! So now I'm trying to educate myself to do this the right way, but I guess that's taking too long. I expressed my concerns and that I would like to talk to a statistician to validate my new techniques but they would rather me perform an analysis they are familiar with and submit the paper for publication. Don't even get me started on the data dredging that happens, I've been told to analyze data that was never meant analyzed (i.e. it wasn't designed as an experiment with certain research questions in mind).
I'm finding that some of my results (significance) are entirely different now. It's scary to think of how often this happens and what it means for science as a whole. It's truly disheartening.
Sorry for the rant. This is really bothering me. I take a lot of pride in my research and I do not want to publish results that aren't sound.