at what point does an author have so many retractions that their work is taken prima facia as untrustworthy? IMO that answer should basically be two (maybe eve

at what point does an author have so many retractions that their work is taken prima facia as untrustworthy? IMO that answer should basically be two (maybe even one). And if a paper is not willing to issue a retraction on those grounds (which I would understand), they should at least flag the paper with a "retracted author" notice. truth is a pendulum. we are living in the extreme end of one swing: a gilded age where "truth isn't truth". It's interesting to see how much synchronization of the pendulum there is in very different aspects of society (such as medicine and politics).