> Obviously "making a point" or "satire" is not a valid justification for scientific fraud. Otherwise anyone caught in plagiarism or whatever could just use tha

> Obviously "making a point" or "satire" is not a valid justification for scientific fraud. Otherwise anyone caught in plagiarism or whatever could just use that excuse to avoid consequences. This is not good logic. Of course anyone they can make the excuse. Just like they can claim they made a editing mistake. Just like a person committing murder can claim self-defense. It doesn't mean the defense is true or holds. Establishing whether some behaved unethically is just hard sometimes.