Comments on: 10 Scientific Frauds that Rocked the World.

By: Crael van der Togt

Crael van der Togt — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:27:59 +0000

Dear Sir/Madam,

There is unprecedented structural science fraud in Theoretical Physics.

http://www.paradox-paradigm.nl/Incompetent%20Science.htm

Sincerely,

Carel van der Togt

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:17:19 +0000

This site is a fraud. It purports to educate, but contains false descriptions.

Of this list, the following are not frauds:

Peppered moths. Yes, some were pinned to trees to demonstrate the birds could see them better. This is required as part of the experiment. This is one of the best documented evolution systems known, and has been confirmed.

Eddington. Independent physicists looking at the data blind come to the same consensus conclusion as Eddington. And the conclusion on gravitational lensing has been reproduced many times.

Pons and Fleischman is not a deliberate fraud. They may have made a mistake, and they rushed to publish too soon, but their fraud was not deliberate in the least. A fraud must be intentional.

The Tasaday were not a simple fraud, but a complex situation as stated above.

By: kamila

kamila — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:43:26 +0000

ah this site is sooo cool

By: Bonik

Bonik — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:11:07 +0000

LEAVE ME ALONE! Stop being so horrible to me!!

By: John.BB

John.BB — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:35:32 +0000

Excellent article. Good stuff and a trip down memory lane!!

By: YoYo head

YoYo head — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:18:03 +0000

Hey, you forgot about global warming!! emf stands for electro magnetic force, not electro magnetic field

By: fred

fred — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:54:18 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stanley_Eddington

“It has been claimed that Eddington’s observations were of poor quality and he had unjustly discounted simultaneous observations at Sobral, Brazil which appeared closer to the Newtonian model[2]. The quality of the 1919 results was indeed poor compared to later observations, but was sufficient to persuade contemporary astronomers. The rejection of the results from the Brazil expedition was due to a defect in the telescopes used which, again, was completely accepted and well-understood by contemporary astronomers[who?]. The myth that Eddington’s results were fraudulent is a modern invention.”

Well done. Quality research..

By: TheGreatCO

TheGreatCO — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:05:23 +0000

The 16 plates Eddington threw out were because they were obscured by clouds in the jungle. They didn’t support Einstein because they didn’t show anything at all, no stars.

By: J

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:55:12 +0000

http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/peppered-moth-vindication/

By: JMM

JMM — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:04:33 +0000

#14 – http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_13rTsbdEqkM/Rl90DNkDVMI/AAAAAAAAACE/zXoHy0Wr KUE/s400/quadro.JPG

For further reading on Quadro & it’s cousins – http://sniffexquestions.blogspot.com/2007/03/is-sniffex-really-first-o f-its-kind.html

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:01:01 +0000

Al Gore should really be on here.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:49:21 +0000

Your claim of number 4 is just straight up wrong.

By: anthropologie

anthropologie — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:48:13 +0000

I amazed that the Piltdown Man wasn’t listed. I’d say that ranks above most of those discussed here.

By: Levi Blackman

Levi Blackman — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:09:17 +0000

I think it is amazing the amount of controversy this list started in the comments. While I was reading it I thought it was kind of innocent, but not I realize that I was wrong.

By: John Watters

John Watters — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:00:47 +0000

Excellent article. Good stuff and a trip down memory lane!
jess
http://www.anonymity.at.tc

By: Goooooose!

Goooooose! — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:46:38 +0000

goosegooosegooosegoosegoosegoosegooosegooosegooosegooosegooosegooosego oosegooose
MOOOSEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Beaverwanger

Beaverwanger — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:41:13 +0000

hmmmmmmmm eating wifes eh… sounds like the misadventures of evil scientist lockchock!

By: Jobby

Jobby — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:24:12 +0000

i ate your wife!

By: cosmic burger

cosmic burger — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:55:56 +0000

I love Jobby he shall be my wife!

By: cosmic burger

cosmic burger — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:53:39 +0000

who is this nowhere guy? He sounds like he pushes a long pipe into himself!

By: Bum fox

Bum fox — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:51:20 +0000

can u believe that there are a group of people called gays?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Bum fox

Bum fox — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:50:11 +0000

Well I do believe that porky pig shouldd be prime minister as he would bring bacon to the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: jobby

jobby — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:57:34 +0000

yeh well i would love to see margret thatcher nacked on a cold day but it aint gonna happen fellow nerd!

By: nowhere

nowhere — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:54:07 +0000

Found one: http://diglib.cib.unibo.it/diglib.php?inv=3&int_ptnum=&term_ptnum=119& format=jpg&comment=0&zoom=

By: nowhere

nowhere — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:40:43 +0000

Btw, I’d love to see a pic of a ‘fossilised’ star.

By: nowhere

nowhere — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:44:35 +0000

Answer to q at #31 – Trobriand Islands, part of Papua New Guinea. Margaret Mead was the (willing?) dupe.

By: Steven Hawking

Steven Hawking — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:31:27 +0000

Hello fellow scientific twats! i am a new man, not my old geeky self i am now a punk!!!!!!!!! and ur all sad just thaught i would let u know

By: Mark Twain

Mark Twain — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:07:28 +0000

LEAVE ME ALONE! Stop being so horrible to me!

By: Aventien

Aventien — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:05:58 +0000

Your a NOB! hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

By: Mark Twain

Mark Twain — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:16:30 +0000

yes what do u want?

By: Aventien

Aventien — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:39:33 +0000

Mark twain????????

By: tim the world

tim the world — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:36:39 +0000

yeah im the world, and i havent heard of any of them and wasnt rocked!

By: a strange melon head

a strange melon head — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:34:51 +0000

if this is called “10 Scientific Frauds that Rocked the World.” how come i havnt heard of bloody any!!!!!!!!! its Preposterous!

By: gildroy ( or wateva my name was)

gildroy ( or wateva my name was) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:31:22 +0000

go away i am the geek, wat i want to know is about this secret santa plot!!!!!!! im gonna have to put a bloody big mouse trap in the firplace then….

By: i am the geek

i am the geek — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:29:14 +0000

i am afraid i do not know wat to say to this fearful comment, i must, with my deepest regards, decline any more contact with my fellow earthlings from the outside world, so i will now heanse forth proceed in bidding you ado, aurovoire…….. exterminate, exterminate, exterminate…..

By: a strange melon head

a strange melon head — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:27:20 +0000

p.s do u like the game wack a mole? i think its bloody genius!!!!!!!!!

By: a strange melon head

a strange melon head — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:25:23 +0000

i have a theory my fellow geekozoids that: santa is real but parents put the presents out themselves and put him out of his job! and sometimes it his food! and he told me he is gunna kill everyone next crimbo especially gildroy apparently! wat do u think old swatters

By: Gildroy

Gildroy — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:14:16 +0000

wat? i didnt even get the cat!!!! yeah santa is a nob!

By: Santa Clause

Santa Clause — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:51:07 +0000

OI!

By: bobby

bobby — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:50:40 +0000

SANTA’S A NOB!

By: Santa Clause

Santa Clause — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:50:03 +0000

What? you didnt like that cat? i thought you’d love it! i am awfully sorry gildroy…

By: Gildroy

Gildroy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:03:14 +0000

well then why didnt i get a cat last year????!!!!????

By: Santa Clause

Santa Clause — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:04:49 +0000

IT WAS NOT A HOAX!

By: Gildroy

Gildroy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:36:47 +0000

yes i think that the santa clause hoax should also be included

By: i am the geek

i am the geek — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:44:40 +0000

indupidly, i think Al Gore was one of the best prime ministers that we’ve ever had…..

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:23:31 +0000

I still think Al Gore should be on the list for his money making adventure called “Global Warming”.

By: sweetpeapete

sweetpeapete — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:27:48 +0000

What fun! I’m kind of surprised at the lack of nitwits on this site. How refreshing. Robert Forward wrote a book (I cannot remember the title) that featured two worlds revolving around a common center of gravity. One world was covered with oceans and was populated by (among other things) sentient whale-like beings. Since they had no physical record keeping they had greatly developed minds and were mathematical geniuses. When humans asked how many more primary numbers there were (after supplying them with our known list) the ‘whales’ said “why, there are an infinite number”! That seems to support the foolish idea that anything is the last word in any topic. Thank goodness for that!

By: margot

margot — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:36:20 +0000

ah this site is sooo cool

By: Freezerburnt

Freezerburnt — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:55:23 +0000

Alex I love your site…keep it up. I do remember some of these and they make interesting reading. I am a trivia buff and this falls right up my main line…lol.
As you said…no one is forcing anyone to be here!
Looking forward to more!!

By: Xenu

Xenu — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:29:24 +0000

What about Scientology? How could you leave out the dubious(at best)claims of L. Ron Blubber and his brainwashed crew?