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Why would they check them properly? These are for profit organizations. Their only job is to generate profit, not check articles for errors. The Lancet Journal is owned by a 20 billion dollar corporation.
@BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works @JoBo@feddit.uk @onion@feddit.de @Akagigahara@lemmy.world Fully agree with you all! Very sad. And shows how scientists are either idiots or money-seekers.
No.
They're working in a system which incentivises fraud. Those who successfully commit fraud are a drain on everyone else, as are the administrators, publishers and corporations who create the perverse incentives.
The natural selection of bad science