How exactly would you trivially correct the massive number of published results in genomics data where SEPT1 was converted to a date? 20% of publications had e

How exactly would you trivially correct the massive number of published results in genomics data where SEPT1 was converted to a date? 20% of publications had errors introduced by Excel in them! The real number is probably much higher (Nature had a rate of 35%). What is the rationale in saying that the benefits must still be worth it? See: Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7 https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13... The root of the problem is not about how Excel displays information, or how Excel parses the data but that the data it tacitly changed upon saving it. Open a CSV file that has SEPT1, don't take any action, save it right away. Boom, the data has been changed and you cannot recover the original information.