Sorry if I didn't express myself well enough, Stu. If a person is open minded data is all that is needed to demonstrate something one way or the other. However if someone is sufficiently stubborn data is rarely enough. For example, however much is published they can always demand more, either of the same kind or metadata (eg You collected the data by machine? We need to see its calibration data to be sure it is accurate) So we also need to tackle this aspect. And if this metadata hasn't been published - and should the calibration data be available they will find something else - we have to insist the "would publish if there is nothing to hide" is wrong.
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