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xkcd #3117: Replication Crisis

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Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.

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The mass of an electron settled down pretty smoothly

Well it ain't stupid if it works ¯_ (ツ)_/¯