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https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fictitious-experiments-in-patents.pdf https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fictitio... https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3202493 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3202493 One of the harmful externalities of the practice is that when incorrect / impossible prophetic claims are made (and they are), they negatively impact the progress of science since they are generally presumed to be true and so might be used to refute a legitimate science or technical claim.