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godzillabrennustoday at 3:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

Have they solved the issue where papers that cite research already invalidated are still being cited?


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cogman10today at 3:43 PM

AFAIK, no, but I could see there being cause to push citations to also cite the validations. It'd be good if standard practice turned into something like

Paper A, by bob, bill, brad. Validated by Paper B by carol, clare, charlotte.

or

Paper A, by bob, bill, brad. Unvalidated.

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reliabilityguytoday at 3:46 PM

Nope.

I am still reviewing papers that propose solutions based on a technique X, conveniently ignoring research from two years ago that shows that X cannot be used on its own. Both the paper I reviewed and the research showing X cannot be used are in the same venue!

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