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While I agree this is a big problem, science should never be defined by a single article. I was always taught that science is a tree of knowledge where you bui
by qudat 2y ago
While I agree this is a big problem, science should never be defined by a single article.
I was always taught that science is a tree of knowledge where you build off previous positive results, all of which collapse when an ancestor turns out to be false.
- a1445c8b 2y agoIn this particular case, the person of interest published 800 widely cited papers. That seems like a considerable collapse.
- qudat 2y agoI see this as a pruning process and an inevitable part of science. But I would further argue against what others were saying about personal ethics. Science must remove the human as much as possible from the process.