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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by ironSkillet on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:26AM (#39502085)
I saw this headline and my first thought was that someone was claiming that a mind impacting virus that evolved in the ocean was causing scientists to do research with less ambition. Which is of course ridiculous lol. But a bug in a visualization library impacting science is also ridiculous.
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by thayne on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:29PM (#39502706)
If I understand the abstract correctly (which I very well might not be), I don't think it is saying a bug caused problems across all of science, but that it resulted in an incorrect conclusion in one meta study of disruptiveness in science.
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by RobotToaster on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:25PM (#39502660)
Given that the majority of scientists seem to be cat owners, and toxoplasmosis has been linked to mental illness, it's not entirely implausible that a (human) bug is slowing scientific advancement.
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by toxik on Sunday February 25, 2024 @01:34PM (#39503403)
Got a source on that cat claim, doc?
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by Zetobal on Sunday February 25, 2024 @01:52PM (#39503556)
His ass.
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by RobotToaster on Sunday February 25, 2024 @02:14PM (#39503779)
I prefer the term "moorean fact", but you are correct.
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by ossicones on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:55AM (#39502384)
Oh man, I’ve been tricked so many times by the names of packages and frameworks… and here I did it to others. Sorry!
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by tempodox on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:11PM (#39502527)
Have you ever seen the “BrainDead” series? This idea is not unheard of.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4877736

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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by a_gnostic on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:20PM (#39502603)
Thanks for reminding me of this oldie https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GVvL2ca65DA
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Re:Seaborn bug responsible for finding of declining disrupti... by xeckr on Sunday February 25, 2024 @02:26PM (#39503909)
Seeing this headline together with the one about the link between Toxoplasma gondii and entrepreneurship made me wonder if I was still dreaming.
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