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from cassowary@lemm.ee to science_memes@mander.xyz on 25 Mar 02:59
https://lemm.ee/post/59390282

A paper that used Midjourney to generate figures of surgical procedure.

Paper was thankfully retracted

#science_memes

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Asetru@feddit.org on 25 Mar 05:35 collapse

That image has been living in my head rent-free since I first saw it.

<img alt="" src="https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/addd4987-2067-43c7-99dc-ccd513504efc.jpeg">

cassowary@lemm.ee on 25 Mar 05:38 next collapse

Me too and I want it gone 😂

SGforce@lemmy.ca on 25 Mar 05:54 next collapse

dck

Mm, yes. Quite.

Asetru@feddit.org on 25 Mar 07:11 collapse

Testtomcels

apotheotic@beehaw.org on 25 Mar 10:28 next collapse

Rat -------- -

mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz on 25 Mar 17:01 collapse

What is even happening here?

Asetru@feddit.org on 25 Mar 17:34 next collapse
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Mar 19:25 next collapse

It’s just science. Here’s a diagram:

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/c618b4b3-6c08-45a7-9336-7d4c86832963.webp">

Contramuffin@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 18:21 collapse

To summarize: paper got published last year that had this as a figure. It got widely ridiculed because there’s no way that this figure passed peer review. Turns out the reviewers did point it out but the editor ignored it