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On research, Wikipedia, and circular reporting

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Noah Brier
Aug 01, 2019
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Noah here. In an age of hyper information, some sources and citations are not what they seem. They are actually just echos from other bad facts. For example, about a year back I was doing a bunch of research into the Pareto Principle (better known as the 80/20 Rule). Like a lot of my internet digging, I started with some cursory Google searches and, of …

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