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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I mean, pulling it back for a second, what the fuck would an "abstract study" even be about? What, would you publish the results of your thought experiment?

[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An abstract study has yet to be implemented. You cannot run an abstract study on it's own. Otherwise, it can be about anything.

for non programmers

An abstract class is a concept in programming.

[–] mindbleach 11 points 10 months ago

void* study();

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Journal of Philosophy would like a word.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Also every scientist who works in theoretical disciplines.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was actually wondering this the other day. Could I be so abstract that I don't even really say anything useful at all in the paper, but still make it sound like there's something to it? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So basically anything made by ChatGPT? ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

AI generated nonsense has been published before. Even got by peer review. That was even before ChatGPT.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Clearly it's a meta analysis of abstracts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's just a study done on a higher abstraction level. Like looking at CPU as a collection of logic gates instead of transistors. Or programming in C instead of assembly.