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I'm not able to give them the benefit of the doubt; or at least, if they are so inept they should be rejected by the scientific community. Imagine this: "Afte
by dleslie 6y ago
I'm not able to give them the benefit of the doubt; or at least, if they are so inept they should be rejected by the scientific community.
Imagine this: "After thorough research, we discovered that we were able to cause the deaths of numerous individuals by knowingly constructing an unsafe bridge and having it pass municipal inspection."
That's the level of unethical research that the U of Mn approved.
- seoaeu 6y agoThe department leadership never approved the research. Why does no one seem to understand that universities don't work like corporations? You never have to get your research ideas approved up the chain of command. You just start working on them (after running them by an IRB if you think that's necessary).
- dleslie 6y agoThey have, in fact. The UMn IRB gave approval post hoc; they claimed no human subjects were involved.
- detaro 6y agoThe IRB is not "leadership", and the IRB process is usually not very adversial, i.e. primarily based on how the researchers represent their own work. (which is a flaw, but one thats common to how this works, not necessarily some special failure of UMN - which is why more investigation is needed)