the notion of being able to fix errors in manuscripts that have NOT yet
been published is one thing ... but, the ability to correct glaring errors
in manuscripts PUBLISHED is quite a different story. i have a paper (that i
can't find at the moment ... from either chemistry or physiology i think)
of a rather famous case where a researcher desperately tried to get errors
in a paper corrected ... but the amazing saga that he took to try do it
(don't recall if he was ever successful, i don't think so) ... and the huge
resistance put up by the journal ... could have been a quality publication
like science ...
sometimes, when something is cast in stone, like a published paper is (more
or less) ... it can be nearly impossible to fix mistakes, even if they are
of importance
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