While I don't think Boghossian is a fraudster, his hoaxes are certainly poor science. He should have conducted a rigorous empirical study instead. Of course, he

While I don't think Boghossian is a fraudster, his hoaxes are certainly poor science. He should have conducted a rigorous empirical study instead. Of course, he must have known that fabricating data can cost him his career. But punishing him sends the wrong sign to academic whistle-blowers. IMHO, the best thing Portland State can do is to establish rules for ethical and scientifically valuable hoaxes as a lesson learned from this.