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> If computation is a necessary element of the research, it ought to be a necessary element of publication as well. Correct. Imagine reading an article in a jo
by bachmeier 11y ago
> If computation is a necessary element of the research, it ought to be a necessary element of publication as well.
Correct. Imagine reading an article in a journal that said, "We were able to prove that Theorem 3.1 is true. The proof is omitted because we want to use similar techniques to prove theorems in the future, and by not publishing any details of our proof, we will have an advantage over rival researchers. That will allow us to recover the significant investment of time that we put into doing this proof."
- zevets 11y agoI can easily imagine such an article, because it happens all the damn time. "Using the argument of [1] and [2] it can be shown, with brief step x, it can be shown that this theorem holds in xxxx" and then moving onto the conclusions, is exactly the same as "Using the software developed in [3] to solve Eq. 1, we show that our result is statistically significant." If the claim is probable, it will and does get through review.