Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")
Very Bad Wizards
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Why Can't They Publicate This?
In a journal, you're not allowed to say things like we don't know why this happens. A reviewer once literally told me that my paper was too fun and that I should make it more boring. You're supposed to pack your paper with pointless citations because reviewers might like your paper more if they see their name in it. There's a stupid way to do science. It goes against every single one of scientific virtues,. At least publication bias. If it gets in a fancy journal, it goes into an institution behind a paywall and you have to be one of the elites to even get access to it. The studies themselves are just as good as the ones Ethan and I have published in
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