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I find it concerning that, proportional to the rigorous selectivity in academic admissions, the expulsion process for misconduct like this is lax or apparently
by gmd63 3y ago
I find it concerning that, proportional to the rigorous selectivity in academic admissions, the expulsion process for misconduct like this is lax or apparently in this case nonexistent.
This guy was selected to be trained in biochemistry above so many people, all to culminate in what might be a net negative effect on society. That he's still giving talks and conducting research with funds instead of someone more deserving disappoints me.
- MattGaiser 3y agoThere are always those who doubt that a person is truly a fraud. Or those who are willing to take a contrarian chance. Even the former CEO of Enron can get investors to take his call asking for investment. Being synonymous with fraud and spending a decade in prison for fraud is no barrier. He is probably in the top 1% of being able to raise investment for a business. Andrew Wakefield, the guy who claimed vaccines cause autism, remains a common and presumably paid speaker in the anti vaccine circuit.