17 Pages
A scientific paper sparks controversy and congressional inquiry. Bias influences perceptions of evidence and testimony in the misconduct investigation, impacting future such probes.
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"17 Pages is a brilliant documentary that I found to be entertaining throughout its 206 minute runtime, despite the seemingly dull subject and events that the film itself concedes as nothing more than a historical footnote. Though the topic is "the Baltimore affair" (involving possible scientific misconduct within a paper published in the journal Cell on the possible discovery of idiotypic mimicry in serology) it becomes more about cognitive bias and subjective reality. The filmmaker did a great job of presenting both sides of the truth in an interesting way with interviews, archive f..."
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A scientific paper sparks controversy and congressional inquiry. Bias influences perceptions of evidence and testimony in the misconduct investigation, impacting future such probes.