# So much for peer review. More than 120 published computer science papers withdrawn

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**Created:** [June 16, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-peer-review-more-than-120-published-computer-science-papers-withdrawn/690879 "2014-06-16T04:08:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-peer-review-more-than-120-published-computer-science-papers-withdrawn/690879/21 "2014-06-17T05:39:02Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Obligatory [XKCD](http://xkcd.com/451/) reference.

Dude sure has a lot of hobbies. When does he get any work done? 🙂

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-peer-review-more-than-120-published-computer-science-papers-withdrawn/690879/22 "2014-06-18T01:02:28Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Obligatory [XKCD](http://xkcd.com/451/) reference.

The point is, though, that that is wrong. This shows that engineers (if we conceive of computer science as a branch of engineering) are, if anything, even ever to fool than people in literary studies.

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