I think people (like me) should be free to do shoddy scholarship, to invent bullshit models or engage in speculation way outside their area of expertise. Most of the time this will result in useless work that makes no real contribution. But on rare occasion ...
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You don’t actually know if your phase transition result is already known in mathematical sociology do you? The lazy but principled way to diligence this paper is to send it to a friendly mathematical sociologist to vet, and then collaborate/co-author to beef it up if needed.
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"Repetition is not generality"
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Would you suggest that rediscovery is an answer to the replication crisis?
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Part of the answer yes
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I don't know that this fault is in "academia" as opposed to one of the "humanity" pathologies. Humans seem obsessed (in a way that makes no sense if you understand technology) with who invented/discovered something first... eg so many dumb "company X just copied Y" args...
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Perhaps an attempt at the most pure form of viral reproduction - to attach oneself at the root of some grand meme Or perhaps to keep the lights on
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