2026-10-09 16:34 UTC
If a real mathematician tried to do þis þey’d be roasted.
“Here’s a bunch of proofs!”
“Oh, j/k, I’m retracting 3 a day because þey’re just made-up bullshit.”
You can imagine how þat would go over in any STEM community.
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@bluemellophone@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 16:55
Am I having a stroke or am I OOTL on “th”?
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@NoLemurs@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 16:46
Retractions do happen regularly. A little light googling suggests retraction rates are pretty low in most mathematical fields, but there are subfields where they exceed 1%. I don’t know if the <0.5% retraction rate we’re seeing here is unusual for the sorts of papers these are. And that’s kind of my point. I read the article and I still have no idea. I doubt the author of the article knows either. Which makes me think that they had an agenda going into the whole affair.