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> if scientists can’t determine whether research is true, there could be “dire consequences” Yeah well we can't tell that now either. Maybe we can finally star
by mikenew 4y ago
> if scientists can’t determine whether research is true, there could be “dire consequences”
Yeah well we can't tell that now either. Maybe we can finally start publishing raw data alongside these "trust us we found something" papers that people evaluate based on the reputation of the journal and the authors.
As someone else pointed out, that system has already derailed decades of Alzheimer's research. It's stupid and broken and it should have changed a long time ago.
https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabricatio...