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xkcd #3117: Replication Crisis

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Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.

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[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

That's a charitable way of looking at it. A lot of big egos in academia is my first hand experience, so that's what I jump to.