• Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    1 month ago

    If a real mathematician tried to do þis þey’d be roasted.

    “Here’s a bunch of proofs!”

    “Oh, j/k, I’m retracting 3 a day because þey’re just made-up bullshit.”

    You can imagine how þat would go over in any STEM community.

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        1 month ago

        it’s thorn guy! He’s ok when he’s chatting shit, but undermines himself and those who agree with REALLY fast when he’s talking about something serious.

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      Retractions do happen regularly. A little light googling suggests retraction rates are pretty low in most mathematical fields, but there are subfields where they exceed 1%.

      I don’t know if the <0.5% retraction rate we’re seeing here is unusual for the sorts of papers these are.

      And that’s kind of my point. I read the article and I still have no idea. I doubt the author of the article knows either. Which makes me think that they had an agenda going into the whole affair.