Sandberg: treat papers like software projects in need of patching
anderssandberg · x · 2026-10-12
Wrapping up his thread, Anders Sandberg argues scholars need a new epistemic map for how to trust and use the literature. Flawed papers can still be good papers — nitpicks might be treated as bug tickets, with each paper more like a software project in need of patching.
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