Research Culture Broken: Corrections, Replication, Negative Results All Unrewarded
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-09-17
tak3sh8 extends his critique that papers simultaneously serve as knowledge claims, work records, career tokens and prestige games: the community doesn't reward corrections, replication isn't a first-class product, status games dominate, negative results and good reviews go unrewarded, and there's no "version control" for science.
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