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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 317812" data-attributes="member: 337">Snake Oil is making a pretty strong comeback in my industry. I see a slow inevitable trend for people to reach for the easy button - because hard science shows the industry isn't having much more success than it did 20 years ago and people are fatigued. &quot;What's the point of being diligent and thinking real hard about this stuff since we're flushing money down a rathole anyway&quot; mindset. I have also seen TRASH published recently in peer-reviewed journals (errors, lies?, and overall ineptitude). Thought about formally complaining in a &quot;letter to the editor&quot; for publication - but chose instead to send an email to editor and point out a few horrific sloppy mistakes. They were in a paper that covered a topic I have expertise in. Editor said I was welcome to submit a letter to the editor. Yeah - I know - with citations, having my friends proof it yadda. I almost did - but was busy fighting other fires and just couldn't muster enough give a damn. It haunts me. I should have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 317812, member: 337"] Snake Oil is making a pretty strong comeback in my industry. I see a slow inevitable trend for people to reach for the easy button - because hard science shows the industry isn't having much more success than it did 20 years ago and people are fatigued. "What's the point of being diligent and thinking real hard about this stuff since we're flushing money down a rathole anyway" mindset. I have also seen TRASH published recently in peer-reviewed journals (errors, lies?, and overall ineptitude). Thought about formally complaining in a "letter to the editor" for publication - but chose instead to send an email to editor and point out a few horrific sloppy mistakes. They were in a paper that covered a topic I have expertise in. Editor said I was welcome to submit a letter to the editor. Yeah - I know - with citations, having my friends proof it yadda. I almost did - but was busy fighting other fires and just couldn't muster enough give a damn. It haunts me. I should have. [/QUOTE]

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