Einstein added one sentence to a reproved paper to get passed. Some judges care a lot more about size than content, and the candidates decide to fill the paper with filler because of that. Or the filler is there exactly so the judges get so tired of reading that they barely notice the plagiarism.
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draaaak ago
Sounds like an unnecessary waste of paper to explain something everyone already knows.
EIMR ago
That's not how science works. Things that "everybody knows" turn out to be false.
sinjinsmythe ago
No, we all knew that cannabis is an analgesic, anti-nausea, anti-spasmodic medicine. We've all known that since like 16,000 BC.
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Einstein added one sentence to a reproved paper to get passed. Some judges care a lot more about size than content, and the candidates decide to fill the paper with filler because of that. Or the filler is there exactly so the judges get so tired of reading that they barely notice the plagiarism.
NiklausTheNaked ago
Source on the Einstein claim?
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Here
NiklausTheNaked ago
-_-