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noisy_boy ◴[] No.43802797[source]
Question to those in academia: with the plethora of false/fraudulent studies, can that be considered low-hanging fruit for phd students? e.g. pick studies published by universities with high debunking percentage and prove them wrong as part of the phd thesis? Instead of trying to discover "new" stuff which could be more work?
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1. franktankbank ◴[] No.43803461[source]
At least in the US you cannot base your PhD on it. It is already done sometimes to validate your own lab setup.