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Mendel faked his data. Its ironic, I think you intended him as an example in the opposite direction. He is an example where he is famous for having the right id
by dzdt 4y ago
Mendel faked his data. Its ironic, I think you intended him as an example in the opposite direction. He is an example where he is famous for having the right idea, but modern analysis statistically proves his data were too good to be true.
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27578843/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27578843/
- GregarianChild 4y agoDid he? From the abstract: "my analysis could not clearly determine whether the bias was caused by misclassifying ambiguous phenotypes or deliberate falsification of the results."
- dekhn 4y agoMore correctly, it's believed he picked several traits that segregated independently, allowing his demonstration of mendelian genetics to be clearer, while leaving some more murky evidence unpublished. Whether this is a hallmark of a cheater or a genius scientist, is up for the historians to decide, but it's obvious he was correct in the long run, although his understanding of genetics is a far cry from our current understanding of molecular biology.