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Confirmation bias? It’s easy to run with the assumption you had at the back of your mind when your experiment seems to confirm it. I have definitely done that
by masklinn 3y ago
Confirmation bias? It’s easy to run with the assumption you had at the back of your mind when your experiment seems to confirm it.
I have definitely done that with benchmarks / profiles.
It’s probably even easier when the incentives encourage “the find”.
- SubiculumCode 3y agoThey checked their result multiple ways. The missed a bug. Its not like computer bugs never happen or anything
- light_hue_1 3y agoThe real question is, what will they do now? Will they own up to it and retract their broken paper that's eroding people's confidence in funding science at the highest levels? This has been an incredibly widely read and influential paper already. I have my doubts that the authors will accept that their paper is bogus. Particularly because the lead author landed a faculty position at a good institution based exclusively on this junk paper.
- SubiculumCode 3y agoumm. probably.