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Yeah. I mean, some of these are the publications that get literally scammed where you write that fake paper. That's all like, you know, feminist biochemistry, blah, blah, blah. And you can just try a lot of the COVID stuff like ran through some of these journals. Yes. That's another issue with them. And also they're more ideological.
Yeah. I mean, some of these are the publications that get literally scammed where you write that fake paper. That's all like, you know, feminist biochemistry, blah, blah, blah. And you can just try a lot of the COVID stuff like ran through some of these journals. Yes. That's another issue with them. And also they're more ideological.
You're getting nature running articles that are just screeching at Trump. And that's part of the journal. Yeah. And ideally, that's not really related to scientific research, but they use their prestige, which we are paying for, to do this. Did you prove ChatGPT wrong? I think so. Yeah, you said Marcus Licinius Crassus. It's totally not that guy. It's Marcus Claudius Marcellus.
You're getting nature running articles that are just screeching at Trump. And that's part of the journal. Yeah. And ideally, that's not really related to scientific research, but they use their prestige, which we are paying for, to do this. Did you prove ChatGPT wrong? I think so. Yeah, you said Marcus Licinius Crassus. It's totally not that guy. It's Marcus Claudius Marcellus.
He killed a Gallic chieftain during the Punic Wars.
He killed a Gallic chieftain during the Punic Wars.
Yeah. I think they only had the one censor. All right. Then I'll ask you a different one.
Yeah. I think they only had the one censor. All right. Then I'll ask you a different one.
i don't it was an augustin law i don't know what the name of it was lex julia de mart it's it's latin yeah yeah julian law okay he famously passed it and then like his daughter was kind of a immoral woman and no one would tell him about this and then it finally came out if you ever watch i claudius which you should sometime i will i will so
i don't it was an augustin law i don't know what the name of it was lex julia de mart it's it's latin yeah yeah julian law okay he famously passed it and then like his daughter was kind of a immoral woman and no one would tell him about this and then it finally came out if you ever watch i claudius which you should sometime i will i will so
what just like kind of finishing on this medical journal not just academic journal thing so do a lot of these universities pay money because they have to to these yeah i mean you have to to be an academic institution it really is a cartel if you secede from it you are not you're basically telling your guys that you can't take part in the world of scientific research and it is true there are
what just like kind of finishing on this medical journal not just academic journal thing so do a lot of these universities pay money because they have to to these yeah i mean you have to to be an academic institution it really is a cartel if you secede from it you are not you're basically telling your guys that you can't take part in the world of scientific research and it is true there are
informally what a lot of people do especially if you just want to be a scientifically engaged normal person who's not working at a university or at the government you just pirate these things and there's a lot of that there's a ton of academic piracy out there um But yeah, it truly is a cartel. If you're going to be a major university, they kind of have you over the barrel.
informally what a lot of people do especially if you just want to be a scientifically engaged normal person who's not working at a university or at the government you just pirate these things and there's a lot of that there's a ton of academic piracy out there um But yeah, it truly is a cartel. If you're going to be a major university, they kind of have you over the barrel.
I mean, open source would make a lot of sense. Open source stuff. But again, there is the real concern. You don't want fake science. And if anyone can publish anything, there will be fake science.
I mean, open source would make a lot of sense. Open source stuff. But again, there is the real concern. You don't want fake science. And if anyone can publish anything, there will be fake science.
Yes, they're supposed to. supposed to do that and one of the big attacks on them is they're clearly not doing that much of the time a big scandal that just happened recently nature they published a very important paper on Alzheimer's about 20 years ago and it recently came out that basically the research for this was falsified It was entirely falsified.
Yes, they're supposed to. supposed to do that and one of the big attacks on them is they're clearly not doing that much of the time a big scandal that just happened recently nature they published a very important paper on Alzheimer's about 20 years ago and it recently came out that basically the research for this was falsified It was entirely falsified.
And literally the last 20 years of research into Alzheimer's may have been a blind alley of completely, completely pointless. And we could have known this all along. And hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars of research from taxpayers was directed towards this blind alley that, you know, in theory, nature should have caught.
And literally the last 20 years of research into Alzheimer's may have been a blind alley of completely, completely pointless. And we could have known this all along. And hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars of research from taxpayers was directed towards this blind alley that, you know, in theory, nature should have caught.