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The "The frauds and bad scientists will be found out, eventually" is still relevant. The point is that the priniciples of collaborative peer review should keep
by stonogo 3y ago
The "The frauds and bad scientists will be found out, eventually" is still relevant. The point is that the priniciples of collaborative peer review should keep the field on track, not that it will rain vengeance down on some miscreant. The papers being retracted is far more important, in the long run, than this person being punshed or not.
- jonhohle 3y agoBut it should also be a reminder to those not in academic fields to take preprints and even published research with a huge grain of salt. Between political pressure, incentives to cheat to get funding and status, and the “infallibility” of people in authority, peer reviewed research is not looking very good to the average Joe. Hopefully it will eventually get straightened out, but it’s looking more like an entrenched ministry of truth.