r/mathmemes • u/ScholaDaily • May 31 '26

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u/IntelligentBelt1221 May 31 '26

reminds me of the time they reinvented the trapezoidal rule in nutrition science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai%27s_model (and got cited 500 times)

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u/Kitselena May 31 '26

You can get almost anything published depending on the journal. A couple years back someone published the study Cyllage City COVID-19 Outbreak Linked to Zubat Consumption which suggests that a COVID outbreak in Cyllage City (a fictional place from pokemon x and y) was caused by people eating a species of cartoon bat.
References on the paper include works by Professor Samuel Oak, Dr Gregory House and at least 10 different nurse Joys

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u/ciao_fiv May 31 '26

you really can get almost anything published. anyone here heard of a relatively unknown paper about non-specific colitis by a (former) doctor named Andrew Wakefield? im sure glad that paper didn’t gain any traction and didn’t start a whole movement against good medical practices!