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I can see how that can be the case if it's for survival, but no one pressured this person to try to claim to find one of the most sought-after technologies out
by j_maffe 3y ago
I can see how that can be the case if it's for survival, but no one pressured this person to try to claim to find one of the most sought-after technologies out there. It also doesn't apply cause he voluntarily chose to go to a prestigious university where this kind of pressure exists. Competition can be healthy thing as long as it doesn't threaten the researcher's career, which clearly wasn't the case here. This guy had the balls to do it twice in two years after getting caught, clearly he's set in his ways.
- vouaobrasil 3y agoOf course. I am not trying to remove the blame from him. On the other hand, we can also learn from these problems because they often point out nearby flaws in the general system that should be ameliorated. That was my main point.
- j_maffe 3y agoI agree! I'm just saying that this case in particular does not really show the problem with pressure in Academia. If anything, it shows how lenient the peer-review process is.
- vouaobrasil 3y agoYeah that's true, that's something to think about. The peer-review process is indeed lame and weak.