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simsla · on Aug 21, 2020

It's about laziness and efficiency rather than snobbery, IMHO.

You're outsourcing the QC to a trusted third party.

Reading papers takes up enough time and effort as it is. I do not have the time to reproduce all of them.

skosuri · on Aug 21, 2020

zapzupnz · on Aug 22, 2020

I don't have time to reproduce results, nor should I be expected to do so. I trust the journal to trust the author. It's a chain of trust.

I shouldn't have mentioned snobbiness; people've gotten caught up on the wrong part of the message.