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Re:AI tools are making the world look weird by lmm on Friday September 19, 2025 @01:59AM (#45298384)
> We have yet to see the prize for chemistry awarded for research that does not reproduce.

Maybe, but e.g. Millikan's prize for physics was on the basis of results that appear to have been at least partially fabricated.

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Re:AI tools are making the world look weird by mitthrowaway2 on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:43AM (#45298614)
Was it? I thought Millikan's measurement had a minor error from an incorrect viscosity of air, and several other researchers' subsequent measurements were fabricated to agree with Millikan's.
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Re:AI tools are making the world look weird by lmm on Sunday September 21, 2025 @08:23PM (#45327904)
That also happened, but there are suspicious patterns in Millikan's data considered in isolation.
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