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		thaumasiotes on June 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nature retracts paper that claimed adult stem cell... Like what? Currently, there are no consequences when a paper is retracted. If we retracted more papers, what would the difference be?

dyauspitr on June 18, 2024 [–]

Like very valid research being lost because they mention a retracted paper for some minor point that doesn’t really have a major impact on the final results.

thaumasiotes on June 18, 2024 | [–]

That's already something that doesn't happen to blatantly invalid research which is retracted directly. What are you worried about?

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