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"They measured how long it takes for a photon to cross a hydrogen molecule: about 247 zeptoseconds for the average bond length of the molecule."

24-7? Say no more.



See: Apophenia (clustering illusion)



The replication crisis does not mean all science is false and the title of that paper is itself false.


No, I agree that not all science is not false.

But if you were a betting man, you would bet on this being false, seeing as 70% of studies cannot be reproduced.

And this is a study that no one else can even hope to reproduce. Its just a claim.

And there is the comedy 'gag' of 24-7. Ie, the time they measured was all the the time. Hilarious.


That is what i mean when i reference the clustering illusion. you have seen this pattern of numbers before in a different context and now believe this paper must be a forgery, because a number in it matches an unrelated pattern.


Naming something doesn't mean you have transcended it. People go around saying "I have solved the problem of recognizing patterns incorrectly...through recognizing this pattern!"


Whereas you believe it to be true.

Even though the odds are on my side. According to science!


you are conflating different things




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