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Looking at existing precedent, people who get caught in even the most blatant fraud (e.g. J. H. Schon) end up doing alright. One scapegoat will lose their posit
by staunton 4y ago
Looking at existing precedent, people who get caught in even the most blatant fraud (e.g. J. H. Schon) end up doing alright. One scapegoat will lose their position and credentials and go on to work in industry for about the same wage they would have expected prior to the "revolutionary work" that was exposed as fraud. Everyone else will not feel any repercussions at all and find positions (e.g. tenure) about as easily as they would have given the prestige of the group prior to being found out.
- galangalalgol 4y agoWas the previous paper retracted due to honest experimental errors or the inability to produce results? Or was it something more concerning? Experimental errors happen to everyone, no need to crush careers over them.
- mrguyorama 4y agoJ. H. Schon actively defrauded the materials science community for like a year. It was no mistake.
- sigmoid10 4y agoIf you look at Pons & Fleischmann, their fraud was so bad that it essentially killed the entire field. You can't publish anything in that area anymore without getting dismissed immediately.