How often do you read a science story that cites work from a prestigious university? Anders Sandberg and Avi Roy call that one of seven science writing clichés: "Science, unlike religion, doesn’t work based on authority. Don't assume that an experiment is well constructed and executed because it's from an elite university … Would you still read this article if the research was performed at the University of Never-heard-of-them in Where-in-the-world-is-this city?"
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