[ironSkillet]

I saw this headline and my first thought was that someone was claiming that a mind impacting virus that evolved in the ocean was causing scientists to do research with less ambition. Which is of course ridiculous lol. But a bug in a visualization library impacting science is also ridiculous.

[thayne]

If I understand the abstract correctly (which I very well might not be), I don't think it is saying a bug caused problems across all of science, but that it resulted in an incorrect conclusion in one meta study of disruptiveness in science.

[ossicones]

Oh man, I’ve been tricked so many times by the names of packages and frameworks… and here I did it to others. Sorry!

[xeckr]

Seeing this headline together with the one about the link between Toxoplasma gondii and entrepreneurship made me wonder if I was still dreaming.

[RobotToaster]

Given that the majority of scientists seem to be cat owners, and toxoplasmosis has been linked to mental illness, it's not entirely implausible that a (human) bug is slowing scientific advancement.

[toxik]

Got a source on that cat claim, doc?

[Zetobal]

His ass.

[RobotToaster]

I prefer the term "moorean fact", but you are correct.

[tempodox]

Have you ever seen the “BrainDead” series? This idea is not unheard of.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4877736

[a_gnostic]

Thanks for reminding me of this oldie https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GVvL2ca65DA