I should clarify science does require data, does descriptions and so-forth. But if scientists are free to fake data until caught and to essentially be untrustwo

I should clarify science does require data, does descriptions and so-forth. But if scientists are free to fake data until caught and to essentially be untrustworthy, it becomes impossible to make progress. That someone has engaged in bad faith and bad methology previously doesn't invalidate their findings. It doesn't prove they're wrong. But it makes people justified in ignoring them. The world is full of, uh, bullshit, full of unjustified claims on this and that. These have to be ignored because otherwise you waste all your time. Being a credible scientists engaging credible research is a reason to take someone out of the this category and pay attention to them. But once someone has discredited themselves as a scientist, they're back in the bullshit category and no one has an obligation to look at their stuff. Sure, maybe their stuff is true, who knows.