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Re:Sexual harassment is rife in the sciences, finds landmark... by nerpderp83 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @12:47PM (#17313026)
Do we need an anonymous but authenticated web of trust system for analyzing/debunking papers? Is it apparent to those in the field that these results are low quality / junk science?

How does one detect junk science paper other than being skilled enough to have produced the bad science if the first place?

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Re:Sexual harassment is rife in the sciences, finds landmark... by stenl on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:17PM (#17314526)
It’s definitely apparent to those in the field. All the good scientists know who publishes junk, even if the junk publishers are unaware. Arjun Raj has a great and relevant blog post on playing the long game in science: http://rajlaboratory.blogspot.com/2016/06/reproducibility-re.... Worth a read.
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