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Originally Posted by David Bailey  That is like dismissing an experimenter who said "Gravity waves a re real, and I am going to prove it!" - or dismissing a skeptic who said "? is bunk and I am going to prove it!" - scientists are human beings as well, you know.
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If an experimenter declares a strong belief in something which has little supporting evidence and then goes on to perform experiments and finds apparently positive results then, yes, I am going to be highly skeptical.
Even the best scientists are prone to self-delusion.
When Alex can't seem to answer simple questions about the number of trials he has done then I am going to be skeptical.
It is very easy to find excuses to ignore trials that don't give the desired result.