Fear of being scooped leads researchers to compromise quality, says Stanford prof
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-06
Anshul Kundaje says he's never feared being scooped — computational work can almost always be differentiated, and he favors independent replication. He adds that scooping anxiety also drives teams to make stupid, suboptimal decisions that compromise the quality of their work out of fear other teams will publish first.
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