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> I am seeing similar trends in arXiv submissions, as it seems it has become something of a means to inflate the value of one's own product(s) with a veneer of
by Twirrim 1y ago
> I am seeing similar trends in arXiv submissions, as it seems it has become something of a means to inflate the value of one's own product(s) with a veneer of academic rigor
Unfortunately this isn't new. Almost as long as people have been publishing papers, people have been using them this way. arXiv, arguably, makes it even worse because the papers haven't even gone through the pretense of a peer review, that does serve to filter out at least some of them.
- nativeit 1y agoVery true, the strategy just preys on a long-established logical fallacy, for as long as humans have been vulnerable to an appeal to authority, we will continue to fall for attempts at "research washing". I know I am subconsciously influenced by the aesthetic of a research paper, regardless of its source or status.