Nobody Bothers to Check

“the most plausible explanation is that scientists don’t read the papers they cite … Once a paper is out there nobody bothers to check it, even though they know there’s a 50-50 chance it’s false” @AlvaroDeMenard

https://fantasticanachronism.com/2020/09/11/whats-wrong-with-social-science-and-how-to-fix-it/