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Even articles that publish legit findings tend to embellish data. I do this for a living, I often try to reproduce prominent results, and I regularly see things
by nextos 2y ago
Even articles that publish legit findings tend to embellish data. I do this for a living, I often try to reproduce prominent results, and I regularly see things that are too good to be true. This is bad because it pushes everyone to do the same, as reviewers are now used to seeing perfect and pristine data.
I have been asked to manipulate data a few times in my career. I have always refused, but this came at the cost of internal fights, getting excluded from other projects for being "too idealistic", or missed promotions. Incentives are just perverse. Fraud and dishonesty are rewarded, pretty depressing.
- thwarted 2y agoTragedy of the Commons Ruins Everything Around Me. Everyone wants answers, so anyone that provides an answer is elevated, independent of if the answer is right or not. To wit: the current AI push. Clips from The Big Short surfaced in my YouTube feed recently, and they way you worded this reminded me of the scene with the rating agency. Is scientific research and publishing headed for it's own CDS/MBS-esque implosion?
- nextos 2y agoI think academic research is becoming very inefficient, and traditional Academia might eventually become stagnant. If you don't play the game I described above, it is really hard to stay afloat. I guess industrial labs, where incentives are better aligned, might become more attractive. I have seen lots of prominent scientists moving into industrial labs recently, which would be something hard to imagine even a few years back.
- RicoElectrico 2y agoThank you for doing the right thing.