/sci/ - Science & Math

Academics are literal hivemind charlatan scammers. This has been known by many already, but now there's hard evidence to prove it. So-called "experts" are cheaters and liars just like the average student who cheats on his or her exams. And the evidence focuses on STEM papers specifically, including medicine, and not what are considered bullshit majors where of course everyone is expected to be a bullshitter and plagiarizer.

>Are medical studies being written with ChatGPT?
>Well, we all know ChatGPT overuses the word "delve".
>Look below at how often the word 'delve' is used in papers on PubMed (2023 was the first full year of ChatGPT).
https://twitter.com/JeremyNguyenPhD/status/1774021645709295840
>Here is the one for Math.
https://twitter.com/outscape/status/1774568789239095550
>Same trend in economics! Used ChatGPT (GPT-4) to write a script to scrape this data and make this plot
https://twitter.com/williamhickman_/status/1774097806224920852

>A normalized chart, showing % of papers with "delve" in title or abstract). Source: OpenAlex, articles (includes papers & preprints). Use of "delve" was gradually increasing through to 2022 but then jumped in '23! Some 46% of all 90-24 papers using delve came out in 23 & 24!
https://twitter.com/philipshapira/status/1774497589980742071

>I asked Gemini why this happens: “Sounding Authoritative: Both "delve" and "notable" have a slightly formal, academic tone. ChatGPT might use them in an attempt to sound more intelligent or credible, even if simpler synonyms would be more natural.”
https://twitter.com/GaryMWatson/status/1774090530227446050

>It's hilarious. Same for "multifaceted"
https://twitter.com/padolsey/status/1774046174695108943
https://blog.j11y.io/2023-11-22_multifaceted/