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Scientific fraud is deeply immoral because it has the potential to subvert our sapience, harming our ability to act rationally and morally. Such behaviour is cr
by lapsis_beeftech 5y ago
Scientific fraud is deeply immoral because it has the potential to subvert our sapience, harming our ability to act rationally and morally. Such behaviour is criminal from basic principles of justice and human laws should reflect that.
- smabie 5y agoI guess just lying in general should be illegal then?
- pigeonhole123 5y agoLying for financial gain can sometimes be fraud which is already illegal.
- ArnoVW 5y agoIt is? Fraud, libel, perjury. I guess academic fraud is fraud in the legal sense. The problem is that the 'fraud' statute requires 'damages' and 'intent' to have standing, and they're difficult to prove in academic fraud.
- Maursault 5y agoNearly always, lies are protected speech. The Supreme Court has decided, rightly I think, that the government is not capable of determining what is opinion and what is fact.
- ArnoVW 5y agoThe government, no. It can only make laws and execute them. But it can not interpret. That role is reserved for the tribunals. Judges are supposed to determine what is protected speech, and what is not.