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Text analysis is like a polygraph, it's not really conclusive in and of itself and it's not really grounds to convict someone. It might help point you in the ri
by anonytrary 8y ago
Text analysis is like a polygraph, it's not really conclusive in and of itself and it's not really grounds to convict someone. It might help point you in the right direction if you ask the right questions, which may help lead you to something more conclusive.
- endominus 8y agoI don't think the standards of evidence demanded by those that authors of controversial articles fear are stringent enough that "equivalent to a polygraph" fails them.
- gus_massa 8y agoI think that looking at the reference section will detect 99% of the time who is the author or at least reduce the possibilities to a small group. People usually have a lot of citations of their previous amazing papers and the papers of the advisors and papers of friendly groups. It's possible to avoid this, but there is a strong bias. (It's more evident if you remove the common citations that everyone in the are is using in all the papers.)