Question - can we presume the e-mail said the same thing as the paragraph in the book, something about failure to replicate?
The book has one paragraph saying that others have failed to "replicate" Lott's work. Lott says that no others have tried to "replicate" his work, and therefore a statement that they have failed is defaming his reputation. (Much will depend on what the judge/jury consider is the meaning of "replicate.")
Generally, it is hard to prove a negative but, in this case, I guess that proving the negative is easy. Just is the alleged implication worth anything???? Interesting!
***GRJ***
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