# Lies, Damned Lies, and ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-damned-lies-and/764501>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-damned-lies-and/764501 "2016-08-30T19:07:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-damned-lies-and/764501/21 "2016-09-08T16:05:53Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> OK, there we go, that’s a cite for two of the eight claims in your OP. Care to support any of the other six?

It did take 35 years (1921-1956) before someone notice the Painter’s count of 48 human chromosomes was incorrect:

> **[Interpreting Biomedical Science](https://books.google.com/books?id=VNWcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR23&lpg=PR23&dq=tjio%2Blevan%2Bpainter%2Bchromosomes%2Berror&source=bl&ots=Wr4tBinSef&sig=9-vWVS8g-Isdck77Lk6gBiHZPfg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy69WykoDPAhWGQiYKHTTBAgA4ChDoAQgeMAE#v=onepage&q=tjio%20levan%20painter%20chromosomes%20error&f=false)**
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> Interpreting Biomedical Science: Experiment, Evidence, and Belief discusses what can go wrong in biological science, providing an unbiased view and cohesive understanding of scientific methods, statistics, data interpretation, and scientific ethics...

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