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How to resolve fundamental technical disagreements between research partners

My research partner and I have been collaborating on this turbomachinery project for two years and we've developed completely different interpretations of our CFD results, but instead of working through the disagreement we've been writing separate sections of papers and presenting different conclusions at conferences. The aerospace community is starting to notice the inconsistency and it's damaging both our reputations.

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You and your research partner disagree and won't work it out, and it's hurting both your reputations.

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