>Facing that alarming state of affairs, defenders of Nelson, Simmons, and Simonsohn have put together a GoFundMe to help the researchers raise the conceivably h

>Facing that alarming state of affairs, defenders of Nelson, Simmons, and Simonsohn have put together a GoFundMe to help the researchers raise the conceivably hundreds of thousands of dollars that will be needed to defend themselves in court. I do wonder why Harvard doesn't pay for their defense, as they commissioned the study and presumably would like the results to stand, and if those who conducted the study are facing a lawsuit like this, surely you could argue it would hurt Harvard in some way?