Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president

As a young man, I would have given nearly anything to attend Stanford or MIT, but I knew I wasn’t quite up to their standards. Now I find their presidents are not up to mine.

Re: Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president

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Post by ShamelessC » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 12:43 AM UTC

nonrepeating wrote: post #5

As a young man, I would have given nearly anything to attend Stanford or MIT, but I knew I wasn’t quite up to their standards. Now I find their presidents are not up to mine.

True that. I used to feel bad not being able to get into these schools due to mental health issues. Felt insecure. Now I’ve looked around at the community of the Ivy League, the various so called success stories like Zuckerberg, and of course incidents like this.

All I see is the rich fucking over everyone else for power and inflating public perception of their intelligence to try and keep actually intelligent people down.

Re: Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president

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Post by mnky9800n » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 12:44 AM UTC

Seems like every day the rules apply to thee but not too me. Except I never seem to be the me in this situation. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Re: Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president

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Post by echelon » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 12:46 AM UTC

nonrepeating wrote: post #5

As a young man, I would have given nearly anything to attend Stanford or MIT, but I knew I wasn’t quite up to their standards. Now I find their presidents are not up to mine.

I worked at a fintech that employed both MIT graduates and people that didn't go to college at all.

With our hiring and interview process serving as a great filter, it was impossible to tell who fell into which population until they told you.

Re: Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president

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Post by smugma » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 12:47 AM UTC

nonrepeating wrote: post #5

As a young man, I would have given nearly anything to attend Stanford or MIT, but I knew I wasn’t quite up to their standards. Now I find their presidents are not up to mine.

Why are you grouping MIT into the same group as Stanford?

Re: Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president

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Post by wand3r » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 12:48 AM UTC

> Retractions remain exceedingly rare for scientific papers: Just eight out of every 10,000 are retracted, according to a Retraction Watch database.

This to me is a crucial statistic. Is this number much less than it should be? Or are many more papers dubious in their methodology?