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Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu... by uoaei on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:00PM (#34621060)
> My point is that it makes little effort to distinguish this high quality scholarship and complete nonsense.

You make such sweeping claims based on a sample size of one. You neglect to account for survivorship bias -- you cannot see all the bullshit papers that were rejected from journals. This all feels obvious to me as issues with your analysis. Where is your intellectual rigor?

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Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu... by Aunche on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:48PM (#34621789)
Not a sample size of one. Out of 20 papers they published, 7 got accepted, 6 were rejected, and 7 were still undergoing review. Also, I don't think that paper is that different from the postmodernist literature that I've read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair

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