#FakeScience — Bluesky Posts

@clocksevolution.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat “Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics

Remember Larry, the #scholastic #cat?

2 y ago, but still shows how easy it is to fake #papers & #citations.

What can we do?

Maybe simply value #quality over (easily measurable) #quantity when assessing #scientists. It's more work, but surely pays.

#PaperMill #AI #ResearchIntegrity #FakeScience

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Ingo Frommholz

@frommholz.org

3 weeks ago

My little OMINO UK tour is coming to an end. It was a great opportunity to discuss our work on information overload and academic information access with friends, project partners and former colleagues!

#InformationOverload #FakeScience #InformationRetrieval

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Ryu (Ree-you) He/Him/His

@ryuichisakuma13.bsky.social

1 month ago

Shameful that actual DOCTORS are following FAKE SCIENCE! 😠😡🤬 I will never trust plastic surgeons! #FakeScience #Shame

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Ingo Frommholz

@ingo.idf.social.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop Peer review has met its match.

The growing crisis of “AI slop” that endangers scientific publishing.

#FakeScience #InformationOverload #AIEthics #ScientificIntegrity #ResearchQuality #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #TrustInScience

www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-...

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Ingo Frommholz

@frommholz.org

1 month ago

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop Peer review has met its match.

The growing crisis of “AI slop” that endangers scientific publishing.

#FakeScience #InformationOverload #AIEthics #ScientificIntegrity #ResearchQuality #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #TrustInScience

www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

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@bopeep-burton.bsky.social

1 month ago

Let's bring back Smallpox while we're at it! ☠️☠️☠️

#DHHS
#RFKJR
#vaccines
#fakescience

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@featherriveraction.bsky.social

2 months ago

Where I Stand: We strongly oppose the USFS “Community Protection Project” — 200,000+ acres of mechanical and chemical assault on Plumas National Forest - Plumas News Josh Hart, MSc Spokesperson, Feather River Action! (FRA) The trauma of the Dixie and other recent fires are...

.@audreyforcongress.bsky.social Freedom of speech and focus on real #science (not corporate #fakescience) is needed in Congress. WRT the 400 sq. mile logging / herbicide plan by the #USFS along the Feather River that we are suing over, will u join us in opposing? www.plumasnews.com/where-i-stan...

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Alain Marois

@amarois.bsky.social

2 months ago

Imagine par exemple, au hasard... une enquête sociologique légitime (voir financée sur fonds européens) sur la perception des habitants du Groenland quant aux avantages ou inconvénients à devenir citoyens américains.
Juste imagine...
#GenAI #AI #shs #politique #fake #fakescience #europe

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Pure Science

@purescience.news

2 months ago

Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, New Study Warns New research reveals organized networks linking paper mills, intermediaries, and compromised academic journals Organized scientific fraud is becoming increasingly common, ranging from fabricated research...

Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, New Study Warns #Science #ScienceHistory #FakeScience #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicHonesty

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@renebekkers.bsky.social

2 months ago

The virus of fake science is spreading: LLMs are hallucinating references that scholars are citing, and editors of real scholarly journals are accepting in published articles.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

#publishing #reference #citation #integrity #fraud #LLM #AI #fakescience

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