2 Sep
2019
2 Sep
'19
10:20 p.m.
On 9/2/19 4:40 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
May the world come to an end if someone dares to have an independent thought or shares original information that can't be backed up by at least 50 crosschecked references. Actually, independent thought or original information is welcome to anyone with a brain, as long as the author shows his/her work such that it can be verified and reproduced by others. You don't need a ton of references to the work (and conclusions) of others if you do a complete job yourself.
There is a reason for the joke publication _The Journal of Irreproducible Results_, started in 1955. So many "scientific" publications have this little tiny problem: no one can duplicate the work.