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Re:Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception ... by kergonath on Saturday March 09, 2024 @01:55AM (#39649975)
> If that's the case, that just means we have to pick the second option: stop treating peer reviewed research as if it is reliable.

It is the case, and that second option is exactly what we do. One article is nice, but replication is key before some new finding is accepted. That is exactly what happened with LK-99, for example, which is interesting because it was very public.

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Re:Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception ... by pdonis on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:51PM (#39653406)
> that second option is exactly what we do

I don't think so. I see claims made all the time about science being "settled" purely on the basis of it being peer reviewed.

> replication is key before some new finding is accepted

If only that were true. In many cases it isn't.

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