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Before Claudine Gay retroactively corrected her plagiarized PhD thesis... there was Terrell Strayhorn

Karlstack • 433 implied HN points • 09 Mar 24
🚌 Education Misconduct Plagiarism Consulting Publications
  1. Terrell Strayhorn faced consequences for financial misconduct and plagiarism, leading to a downgrade in his academic career.
  2. The case highlighted the controversial practice of retroactively correcting theses to address plagiarism issues, as seen in the examples of Strayhorn and Claudine Gay.
  3. The story of Terrell Strayhorn serves as a larger commentary on the issues within the DEI-industrial complex and the exploitation of noble ideals for personal gain in academic circles.

What you might have missed on The Shift this year

The Shift With Sam Baker • 359 implied HN points • 21 Dec 23
🎭️ Culture Publications Content creation
  1. The Shift With Sam Baker is a reader-supported publication that offers some content for free and some behind a paywall.
  2. The author has decided to remove the paywall from a few favorite posts of the past year as a gesture of apology for health-related delays.
  3. The author reflects on the past six months on Substack and expresses gratitude to subscribers for their support.

Talking research integrity at Stanford

Science Forever • 19 implied HN points • 04 Mar 24
🔬 Science Research Integrity Academia Publications Errors
  1. Research integrity issues are systemic, not just due to individual mistakes. Institutions must take responsibility for addressing these problems.
  2. Tools like Proofig help catch errors in papers, emphasizing the importance of correcting mistakes promptly.
  3. Reducing stigma around correcting papers, proactive responses from institutions, and encouraging a culture of self-correction are crucial for improving research integrity.
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Brief Announcements

Living Fossils • 9 implied HN points • 13 Mar 24
🎭️ Culture Publications
  1. The Living Fossils blog has reached significant milestones with thousands of views and over four digits of subscribers.
  2. A new section called The Boneyard has been introduced for specialized content or pieces with a different tone.
  3. The blog is open to hosting guest pieces if they align with the site's purpose and maintain high quality.

A Messenger from the Past

Political Currents by Ross Barkan • 9 implied HN points • 08 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Media Newspapers Publications Revenue Policies
  1. The Messenger online news site failed due to lack of viable business model and inability to monetize traffic.
  2. The Washington Post is facing financial struggles and losing traffic, possibly due to heavy focus on anti-Trump content.
  3. Politico has succeeded by focusing on politics and policy from an establishment perspective, offering privileged information to subscribers.

Update #47: AI Index Report Highlights and Text-to-3D

The Gradient • 20 implied HN points • 11 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Research Models Publications Generative models
  1. The AI Index Report highlights industry leading in AI research over academia, new models reaching performance saturation, and a rise in AI misuse.
  2. Publication trends show an increase in journal articles over conference papers, industry surpassing academia in impactful research, and increased industry hiring over academia.
  3. Advancements in text-to-3D models leverage text-to-2D models, showing progress in generating 3D data from text descriptions.

Why are peer reviews private?

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 01 Mar 17
🔬 Science Peer Review Research Publications
  1. The current system of keeping journal article reviews private raises questions about potential benefits of making them public to improve efficiency and encourage more careful submissions.
  2. Authors might take more care in their papers if peer reviews were public, allowing for dialogue and counter arguments.
  3. While there are concerns about anonymity and potential pressure on reviewers, testing out the publication of reviews could help reduce costs and system delays in academic publishing.