Re:A Defense of Weird Research
by searine on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @01:13PM
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I don't think it is that pessimistic.
Yes there are low-quality papers out there but I'd rather have 100 low-quality papers if it gives us 1 truly insightful piece of research. Any expert worth their salt can read a paper and judge its veracity very quickly, and it is those high-quality papers that get cited.
Even when one of those high-quality publications gets shown to be false, it moves the field forward. Real science is incremental and slow.
Yes there are low-quality papers out there but I'd rather have 100 low-quality papers if it gives us 1 truly insightful piece of research. Any expert worth their salt can read a paper and judge its veracity very quickly, and it is those high-quality papers that get cited.
Even when one of those high-quality publications gets shown to be false, it moves the field forward. Real science is incremental and slow.