I strongly believe in the validity of my hypothesis (which every experimentalist does I guess), but I can’t find an explanation for the outliers, or the possible explanations are too many. Can I still publish with five good data points? How should I deal with the other five? I assume it’s unethical to not report them, right?
Jfc. Thank gods my anti-intellectual “all scientists are paid lackeys of our corrupt government” family members don’t see this shit. Holy hell is this an embarrassing read.