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That's weak-- accused. Also, who cares if they did lie? Knowing about dishonesty is not the same as positioning oneself as a beacon for morality. This is no
by Dowwie 3y ago
That's weak-- accused. Also, who cares if they did lie? Knowing about dishonesty is not the same as positioning oneself as a beacon for morality. This is not front-page HN worthy material.
- einpoklum 3y agoWell, this way, we could have a followup story next week: "Harvard dishonesty expert dishonestly accused of dishonesty"
- Dowwie 3y agoHilarious!
- resolutebat 3y agoThe actual blog posts make it crystal clear that the data was manipulated to make it provide the desired results. https://datacolada.org/109 https://datacolada.org/109 https://datacolada.org/110 https://datacolada.org/110
- bombcar 3y agoThis blog has a lot of detailed posts if you're interested in this sort of thing, deep dives into how you find fake data (helpful if you need to fake your data better!).
- pyrale 3y agoReading the material proof and Harvard's reaction, the "accused of" is merely journalistic caution for a red-handed case. > Also, who cares if they did lie They didn't just lie, they tampered with collected data used for scientific research, harming their co-authors' work and reputation and giving fake leads to their field of study, thus wasting their peers' time spent on reproducing the case. It may also have had an effect on promotions that their peers should have gotten and on the way people got managed, based on these behavioral studies. Also the evidence collection displayed in another reply is technically interesting.
- dotnet00 3y agoThis sort of lie can occasionally result in researchers being fired and PhDs being retroactively canceled, it's a fairly big deal.