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(C) 2011 D. S. DURFEESQCOMIC.COM
WE HAVE DONE OUR
ANALYSIS, MADE ALL OF
THE GRAPHS, AND DONE
THE FINAL REVISION
OF THE PAPER.
BUT THEN THIS MORNING
I REALIZED THAT OUR
DETECTOR WAS OUT OF
CALIBRATION, SO ALL
OF OUR DATA IS INVALID.
SO I GUESS WE CAN'T
PUBLISH THE PAPER UNTIL
WE RETAKE THE DATA.
WRONG.
WRONG
AGAIN.
THINK LIKE A JOURNALIST.
A GREAT STORY THAT
TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE IS
JUST A GREAT STORY.
A GREAT STORY THAT
TURNS OUT TO BE A
FALSIFICATION IS
TWO GREAT STORIES!
AHHH. WE PUBLISH NOW,
AND THEN WE PUBLISH
AN ERRATUM WITH
THE CORRECT DATA.
AND EVERYONE WHO CITES
ONE PAPER WILL HAVE TO
CITE THE OTHER AS WELL!
WE PUBLISH IT WITH A
NOTE ABOUT THE
CALIBRATION PROBLEM?
TWO
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