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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I recall being a grad student, and one of my friends was super happy their paper was mentioned. The context was basically "Contrary to claims by [friend et al]..."

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 12 points 4 days ago

But you HAVE heard of them!

[–] carmo55@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Depending on the context (was the whole paper built on wrong assumptions or was there just some small error) that can still be a good thing?