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Re:Bad stuff going down at the American Sociological Associa... by FrustratedMonky on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @12:10PM (#39030471)
Yeah. Everyone claiming peer-review and publishing is broke, are completely discounting this effect. That people like finding things wrong in other papers.
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Re:Bad stuff going down at the American Sociological Associa... by CoastalCoder on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @12:18PM (#39030562)
I'm actually glad that people like doing that, as I imagine it reduces the risk of false beliefs becoming accepted as true.

But maybe there are other factors that make it a net negative? (I haven't really followed academia since concluding my studies.)

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