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How One Fake Study Exposed Woke Academia | Helen Pluckrose

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In 2018, Helen Pluckrose and her colleagues exposed problems in parts of academia by submitting fake research papers to academic journals. One of their most famous was a study claiming that dog parks showed signs of “r@pe culture”—and it was actually accepted for publication. Exposing how some academic fields were more focused on ideology than evidence or logic.

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Helen Pluckrose

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