A study by Dr Saul Justin Newman (Centre for Longitudinal Studies) has won the first-ever Ig Nobel award in Demography at this year’s 34th Ig Nobel Prizes. His work reveals fundamental flaws in the data about the world’s oldest people and patterns of extreme longevity.
  • @Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
    2•11 hours ago

    What would the phrase “infallibly flawed” mean? I can’t quite make those two words make sense together. Are they just using infallibly to mean something like “definitely” or “undeniably”?

    • CrimeDadOPAEnglish
      1•6 hours ago

      Maybe it’s a typo. I searched the referenced papers and the word infallibly doesn’t turn up.