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>Most research is flawed or useless,

Also the research could be downright fraudulent. A very interesting case is the Schön scandal, involving organic semiconductors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6n_scandal

There is an engrossing set of videos about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDoml-Db64



Thank you for sharing. I did not expect to watch the entire 1.5hrs, but this story was exceptionally well prepared and presented, educational, and surprising about how far a bit of fraud can go even in hard sciences. Also, why these systems work the way they do.




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