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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by lasfter on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:14PM (#27242203)
I suppose it depends on how you define nice? If you cheat at some point people will catch on, even if you don't face any real consequences. So if you want prestige within your community then cheating isn't the way to go.

If you want to look impressive to non-experts and get lots of grant money/opportunities, I'd go for lots of straightforward publications in top-tier venues. Star findings will come under greater scrutiny.

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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by rscho on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:48AM (#27243596)
Not outright cheating, but cooking results to seem better/surprising and publishing lots of those shitty papers is the optimal way to build a career in many fields. In medicine, for example.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by lasfter on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:07AM (#27243972)
Cooking results seems like outright cheating to me.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by DistressedDrone on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:22AM (#27246793)
It's more complicated than that. It can look something like this: https://xkcd.com/882/
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