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I am sympathetic to the fear that this would lead to scientists being thrown in prison for technicalities or even misunderstandings. Nobody wants that. We also
by janalsncm 2y ago
I am sympathetic to the fear that this would lead to scientists being thrown in prison for technicalities or even misunderstandings. Nobody wants that.
We also don’t want a cottage industry of performative, ladder climbing researchers siphoning funding from real ones.
At a minimum, the public could stop funding researchers with faked data or images. It’s unacceptable that the NIH keeps funding known frauds. If you doctor images, you’re done.
- nxobject 2y agoTechnically, sanctions are already applied by federal funders (e.g. multiple-year funding bans) [1]... although in practice retractions don't happen, so researchers still benefit if you don't do due diligence about your authors (which I don't think is easy anyway.) [1] https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/21/what-analyzing-30-years-of-us-federal-research-misconduct-sanctions-revealed/ https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/21/what-analyzing-30-yea...