ICLR reviewer pool debate: when experts opt out, bad papers gain an edge
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-09-25
In a discussion about ICLR reviewing, BlancheMinerva makes a counterintuitive point: if every reviewer who spots bullshit papers opts out, the reviewer pool gets biased in those papers' favor, since fewer people left can see through them. sarahwiegreffe agrees, adding that reviewing such papers is a waste of time anyway.
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