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> the author attempted to fake crystallography data That is not what fake data is. It might be a misrepresentation is the author tries to pass it out as experi
by kergonath 4y ago
> the author attempted to fake crystallography data
That is not what fake data is. It might be a misrepresentation is the author tries to pass it out as experimental results, but it is not fake, i.e. it came from a real study and actually has some meaning (though not much if it is indeed an unstable structure that can just be observed in a computer, and it is ground for rejection depending on the journal).
I mean, I don’t have much patience with people over-hyping their results, but fake data of the common sort is either photoshopped graphs, re-used spectra coming from other studies or compounds, or things like that. And this definitely happens. But the “it came from a simulation, therefore it’s fake” argument is very unhelpful in general.
A spectrum from a simulation is not fake, it’s just a simulation result.
- raverbashing 4y agoIt is fake if it's being misrepresented as experimental results instead of just a simulation
- kergonath 4y agoAgain, that is not what this word means. It’s misrepresented data, not fake. And yes, the distinction matters. This is also not what the article is about. The problem they face is completely fabricated data, not DFT structures in a poorly worded paper. Of all places, this is probably the last one where I would expect this argument.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoby this metric no data is fake. It's just misrepresented and was actually numbers I pulled out of my ass.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoIt is arguable that it is more than a misrepresentation if the author's intent is to fool the reveiwers. If so, it is "fraudulent data".
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoIntent to deceive is what makes it a fake/fraud. No?