> he didn't look deeply enough, and once he drew the initial wrong conclusion, he invented a totally wrong theory to explain it. My reading is the opposite. He

> he didn't look deeply enough, and once he drew the initial wrong conclusion, he invented a totally wrong theory to explain it. My reading is the opposite. He started with a theory and then did a shallow search to bolster his pre-conceived theory, ignoring or discounting any findings that didn't fit.