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I think scientific journals and other infrastructures that have the potential to greatly impact society need to put defense mechanisms in place for bad actors going forward.

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Or we should stop taking (everything) published by <take your publisher/site of choice> as gospel.

It is far too common indeed for people to religiously belief any conclusion so long as it is published in a format that makes it seem scientific, or worse, popular news report on such science that doesn't even retain the numbers and proffers even more spectacular claims.

Why would they? These journals make money from authors paying for a publication. Any review costs cut into their margins.

Also, I don’t think this journal has even the potential to greatly impact society. It isn’t intended to be read.

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