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Re:Academic Urban Legends by hackuser on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @05:56PM (#8139732)
Be sure to read to the end, or, after you read enough to grasp the idea then skip down to the section "The narrow path has its temptations".
Re:Academic Urban Legends by peatmoss on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @06:31PM (#8139904)
Yeah, my first thought was, "wow, I always thought that about spinach!" But, that wasn't the point of the article at all. This was an engagingly written article that kind of read like a mystery whodoneit?
Re:Academic Urban Legends by vitoreiji on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @07:11PM (#8140063)
And the most concerningly satisfying is that everybodydoneit, apparently. Including me, who didn't bother to read any one single paper cited.
Re:Academic Urban Legends by the_af on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @07:50PM (#8140190)
Even better, read the section "An avalanche of low-quality research?" near the end. Even this notion is put to the test, and found wanting :)

Excellent article!

Re:Academic Urban Legends by OBRekdal on Sunday August 10, 2014 @03:49PM (#8160531)
Thanks a lot! :)