I think Claude just coined a useful phrase. Was messing around...

Jesse Singal@jessesingal
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Jun 16, 2025
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I think Claude just coined a useful phrase. Was messing around w/it, asking it to evaluate the quality of both the preprint I wrote a/b and my critique of said preprint: "The preprint appears to suffer from what might be called 'confirmatory research theater' - maintaining the appearance of rigorous hypothesis testing while systematically undermining the conditions that make such testing meaningful."
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2/ If I human used the phrase "confirmatory research theater" I would be very likely to quote it at some point. So what do I do now? Do I just credit Claude and link to the conversation?

