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[–]PassionateIntensity 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

From the headline you'd expect they were going to inform you biological sex is real and pretending it isn't creates bad--potentially HARMFUL--laws. Hahahhaha. No such luck.

[–]tea4two 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read it the same way... thought Nature finally extracted their head from their ass and then...

disappointment.

[–]meandering_vines 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have lost so much respect for Nature, which has made clear that it will publish anything for "impact". Journals like Nature with high impact factors have higher rates of journal retractions than journals with lower impact factors. Some people believe that it's because journals with high impact factors are more widely read, are more likely to respond to claims of errors, and publish more "risky" content anyway. Others suggest that the prioritization of impact incentivizes researchers to exaggerate the claims of their work or even commit research fraud to push a certain narrative. The link is to an editorial, not a research article, but I still think it's inappropriate for Nature to publish this.

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[–]grixit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Stephen J Gould would be flabbergasted.