[HN Gopher] Did a celebrated researcher obscure a baby's poisoning?
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       Did a celebrated researcher obscure a baby's poisoning?
        
       https://web.archive.org/web/20260126132426/https://www.newyo...
       https://archive.ph/GA6XV
        
       Author : littlexsparkee
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2026-01-28 00:18 UTC (22 hours ago)
        
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       | peyton wrote:
       | > He asked Rieder about the case.
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       | > "Oh, we made it up," Rieder replied.
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       | Interesting anecdote. Something to keep in mind.
        
       | rekabis wrote:
       | Humans are fallible. Humans have egos. Humans can be
       | intentionally dishonest.
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       | But the Scientific Method is the only functional bullshit
       | detection system we have. When it is allowed to work, science
       | corrects itself and excises the falsehoods.
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       | It's a shame that outsized egos within The Lancet and other orgs
       | are still very much in play.
        
       | mjhay wrote:
       | The idea of an opioid OD from breast milk immensely strains
       | credulity in the first place. Such a claim should really have
       | been put under much more of a microscope.
        
       | bomewish wrote:
       | Great read.
        
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