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I would really like to understand how committing outright fraud by omitting contra data for "aesthetic" reasons and then getting caught is a win for the scienti

I would really like to understand how committing outright fraud by omitting contra data for "aesthetic" reasons and then getting caught is a win for the scientific method. By this logic what would be a loss for the scientific method? Committing fraud and never getting caught?

jacquesm 6y ago
It's the 'getting caught' bit that matters. In science truth wins out over the long term and that is in large part due to how the scientific method has been structured. Keep in mind that the difference between fraud and self delusion is very hard to determine and that humans suffer a lot from the second. That we also fix fraud with the same countermeasures is a win.