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What aboutism is an attempt to draw a moral equivalence. The thrust of the article is that China's ambition to become a "science superpower" whatever that means
by AlexCoventry 9y ago
What aboutism is an attempt to draw a moral equivalence. The thrust of the article is that China's ambition to become a "science superpower" whatever that means is severely impeded by this fraud, which is not a moral question and does not stand up to comparison of the misaligned incentives and bad science in extant "science superpowers."
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoChina attempts to be a scientific super power for its own benefit, not to win some moral pissing contest. If china is hurting itself in this endeavor via fraud, then that has nothing to do with the USA. This is just classic what aboutism.
- AlexCoventry 9y agoMy point is that the fraud is affecting the world-wide scientific community. It's not a China-specific problem, as characterized by this article. Retraction Watch gives a fairly good overview of the issue: http://retractionwatch.com/ http://retractionwatch.com/