A structural problem due to the "publish or perish" demands in academia along with giving far too much weight to quantity over quality including number of citations over quality of citations in hiring decisions.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:00 pmhttps://retractionwatch.com/2022/09/28/ ... dium=emailAfter months of investigation that identified networks of reviewers and editors manipulating the peer review process, Hindawi plans to retract 511 papers across 16 journals, Retraction Watch has learned.
The retractions, which the publisher and its parent company, Wiley, will announce tomorrow in a blog post, will be issued in the next month, and more may come as its investigation continues. They are not yet making the list available.
Hindawi’s research integrity team found several signs of manipulated peer reviews for the affected papers, including reviews that contained duplicated text, a few individuals who did a lot of reviews, reviewers who turned in their reviews extremely quickly, and misuse of databases that publishers use to vet potential reviewers.
Richard Bennett, vice president of researcher and publishing services for Hindawi, told us that the publisher suspects “coordinated peer review rings” consisting of reviewers and editors working together to advance manuscripts through to publication. Some of the manuscripts appeared to come from paper mills, he said.
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Perhaps the term "published science" should be replaced with "Click bait science"Typhoon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:53 pmA structural problem due to the "publish or perish" demands in academia along with giving far too much weight to quantity over quality including number of citations over quality of citations in hiring decisions.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:00 pmhttps://retractionwatch.com/2022/09/28/ ... dium=emailAfter months of investigation that identified networks of reviewers and editors manipulating the peer review process, Hindawi plans to retract 511 papers across 16 journals, Retraction Watch has learned.
The retractions, which the publisher and its parent company, Wiley, will announce tomorrow in a blog post, will be issued in the next month, and more may come as its investigation continues. They are not yet making the list available.
Hindawi’s research integrity team found several signs of manipulated peer reviews for the affected papers, including reviews that contained duplicated text, a few individuals who did a lot of reviews, reviewers who turned in their reviews extremely quickly, and misuse of databases that publishers use to vet potential reviewers.
Richard Bennett, vice president of researcher and publishing services for Hindawi, told us that the publisher suspects “coordinated peer review rings” consisting of reviewers and editors working together to advance manuscripts through to publication. Some of the manuscripts appeared to come from paper mills, he said.
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I posted a concept for correction of these issues in this forum s couple weeks ago.
The idea is to publish proposals. The necessity, methodology &c made public would correct much of the academic corruption and the original ideas would rise to the top.
The idea is to publish proposals. The necessity, methodology &c made public would correct much of the academic corruption and the original ideas would rise to the top.
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Science is only the application of a procedure to eliminate bias and deception about a certain proposition, something called the 'scientific method'. Once we're past that wall, it is no longer science. It has entered the realm of human discussion and debate and is more appropriately termed philosophy....... or politics....'>.......
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I posted this here as the main point is controlling people with the excuse we are in a "Climate emergency"
https://summit.news/2022/11/18/canadian ... emissions/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_LQ5rq8pQ
4Z_LQ5rq8pQ
Its not as if they are actually woke, just greedy for more money and more control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzCHzAbLPBI
FzCHzAbLPBI
https://summit.news/2022/11/18/canadian ... emissions/
But then again, who needs credit cards to control everyone when money is "programmable"?Canadian Bank Launches Credit Card Linked to Carbon Emissions
Technocrats move towards carbon allowance credits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_LQ5rq8pQ
4Z_LQ5rq8pQ
Its not as if they are actually woke, just greedy for more money and more control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzCHzAbLPBI
FzCHzAbLPBI
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I wouldn't be surprized if at one point armed militias emerge with hitlists of all those bankster prankster criminal robber baron kingpins and their political enablers. Whacktime is coming. The globalist crime cartels need to be taken down by raw force since there are zero political forces active or emerging to stop them.
Deep down I'm very superficial
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What usually happens is that monopolists don't face any criminal charges but instead "give away" part of their fortune to make amends with the historical record. Carnegie and Mellon being prime examples. Of course they never give it all away. Usually just the interest. Now a days they set up foundations and pay themselves from it. Funny how you can give your cake away and keep it too.Parodite wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:43 pm I wouldn't be surprized if at one point armed militias emerge with hitlists of all those bankster prankster criminal robber baron kingpins and their political enablers. Whacktime is coming. The globalist crime cartels need to be taken down by raw force since there are zero political forces active or emerging to stop them.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/14/jeff-be ... rtune.html
Jeff Bezos says he plans to give away most of his $124 billion fortune
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I wouldn't be surprised if the robber barons organize their own private militias, with the help of the useful idiots on the right who by and large make up these peoples' fan base in the first place.Parodite wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:43 pm I wouldn't be surprized if at one point armed militias emerge with hitlists of all those bankster prankster criminal robber baron kingpins and their political enablers. Whacktime is coming. The globalist crime cartels need to be taken down by raw force since there are zero political forces active or emerging to stop them.
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Whom are you trying to kid.Zack Morris wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:25 pmI wouldn't be surprised if the robber barons organize their own private militias, with the help of the useful idiots on the right who by and large make up these peoples' fan base in the first place.Parodite wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:43 pm I wouldn't be surprized if at one point armed militias emerge with hitlists of all those bankster prankster criminal robber baron kingpins and their political enablers. Whacktime is coming. The globalist crime cartels need to be taken down by raw force since there are zero political forces active or emerging to stop them.
Bezos, for example, owns the Washington Post. Google and Facebook support the status quo.
Google and Facebook support the status quo along with the MSM.
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FT | China’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress
The country has become a prolific producer of academic research but fraudulent studies risk serious real-world consequences
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"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros