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The scientific fraud doesn't mean the scientists are bad. It means the incentives for scientists in China are much more misaligned than in many western countrie
by fabian2k 3y ago
The scientific fraud doesn't mean the scientists are bad. It means the incentives for scientists in China are much more misaligned than in many western countries. My understanding is that the number of publications plays a much stricter and more formal role in China, which in the end means you get the output you measure. So you get more papers because that's the main thing that counts.
This doesn't say anything about how much good science is underneath all this.
- yogthos 3y agoWhat evidence is there for the notion that the incentives in China are more misaligned than in western countries? Seeing the rapid technological progress China has achieved in a very short time seems to suggest the opposite.
- est 3y ago> The scientific fraud doesn't mean the scientists are bad. Scientific fraud means only one thing: R&D are getting excessively funded there.