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The "hypocrite commit" preprint/abstract was a controversy which broke late last year. Prof. Lu at that point published an FAQ stating that he didn't think i
by tytso 5y ago
The "hypocrite commit" preprint/abstract was a controversy which broke late last year. Prof. Lu at that point published an FAQ stating that he didn't think it was Human Subject Research (HSR) and got a post hoc review from the UMN IRB giving him a free pass, agreeing that attempting to con humans is apparently not HSR by their lights. This is three month old news at this point, and is quite well established.
What triggered the ban now is another set of suspicious commits was sent by a graduate student in the same research group.
- remarkEon 5y agoThanks, I didn't know that background (shame on me for not reading through all the history I guess). Odd decisions appear to have been made here by all parties. Though I was born in Iowa, I grew up in Minnesota and have a lot of friends who went there (Twin Cities campus, mostly). Definitely not "Minnesota Nice".