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Falsifying data is not being 'fluffy', it's academic misconduct. You might not personally care about this but academic norms exist for a reason. Universities a

Falsifying data is not being 'fluffy', it's academic misconduct. You might not personally care about this but academic norms exist for a reason. Universities are trusted institutions precisely because they follow these norms.

hackandtrip 7y ago
But" Why We Sleep" is not intended for an academic context, right? I mean, obviously it wouldn't pass a "peer-review" analysis, but that is exactly what happens every time in science pop readings. Either we eliminate every science reading that is not strictly papers, or we accept some misinformation here and there.
- naasking 7y ago
  The author apparently specifically states that the book is a scientific work. The article and comments go into this point further.
- yhoiseth 7y ago
  Guzey covers this point in https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-is-why-we-sleep-pop-science-or-is-it-an-academic-book-also-miscitations-impossible-numbers-and-walker-copy-pasting-papers https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-is-why-we-sle...
syrrim 7y ago
"falsifying data" because someone disagrees with which data was excluded from a table.