It depends on what you see as a fatal flaw, and if you count mathematics and theoretical fields or just actual science. In mathematics and theoretical computer science, it's pretty common that major results are initially wrong, and fixing the errors can take a long time. Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is the best-known example.
In any case, my point was that rejecting results due to technical flaws is intellectually lazy. As a scientist, your job is more about trying to find value in other people's work than finding excuses to reject it.
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It depends on what you see as a fatal flaw, and if you count mathematics and theoretical fields or just actual science. In mathematics and theoretical computer science, it's pretty common that major results are initially wrong, and fixing the errors can take a long time. Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is the best-known example.
In any case, my point was that rejecting results due to technical flaws is intellectually lazy. As a scientist, your job is more about trying to find value in other people's work than finding excuses to reject it.