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As stated by author Dean Wesley Smith in his book ''Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing'', "Just to be clear, I am saying that some projects in fiction require some research and it needs to be done, but not all projects require research, so you should never, ever, let research stop your writing."
It should be noted that the original meaning, as well as the quotation above, referred to facts in the ''same fiction or verse'' which were [[Magic A Is Magic A|obvious and]] [[Backstory|essential knowledge]] and therefore made mistakes unforgivable; as opposed to going to the Carbon Nanotube Hard on the [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]] and screaming foul at the slightest errors, to the point of [[Natter]].
'''Note:''' Situations in which the research may or may not have been done, but is ignored in favor of the story, is [[Artistic License]]. When the science in an old work has since been disproven, that's [[Science Marches On]]; when the historical records change, that's [[History Marches On]]. When a factual error is left in because it has become traditional, that's [[The Coconut Effect]]. For the contrary effect, see [[Like Reality Unless Noted]] when this is willfully ignored, the [[Rule of Cool]] takes effect, or the [[MST3K Mantra]] is used.
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This taken [[Up to Eleven]] gives us [[Critical Research Failure]], when the inaccuracies in the story are obvious even to non-experts. If the author pretends to have done the research when they haven't, you have [[Dan Browned]]. Contrast [[Shown Their Work]]. Can be a [[Berserk Button]] to the misrepresented subject.
'''This index has no examples and should not be used as a trope elsewhere'''. A simple failure of research on one point does not make a trope. Any example should be labelled as a registered trope or it simply doesn't get marked down at all. Otherwise, ''everything'' would end up here.'''
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