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The Demise of Science? Hundreds of Computer Generated Studies Have Been Published in Respected Scientific Journals

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In 2005, three MIT graduate students created a program called SCIgen that randomly generates fake scientific papers. Since its inception, over 200 computer generated papers have been published in scientific journals

A French computer scientist has developed a program to detect SCIgen-generated studies, which anyone can use for free to find out if a study might be generated by a computer

Many health care professionals rely on published research to make treatment recommendations, and large numbers of patients can be affected when false findings make their way into otherwise respected journals

The prevalence of anti-scientific science is how we’ve ended up in a world of toxic chemical-based agriculture and subsidized junk food that deteriorates rather than supports health

Independent research, where funding is unrelated to findings, has become a rarity, and the end result is a dramatic deterioration of credible science...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/12/30/fake-scientific-journals.aspx?

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There's certainly an irony in a site like the Mercola one which depends upon non-scientific and commercially driven pseudo science to sell its products decries the reliability of scientific research
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