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People who fake their results are not advancing knowledge. In the case of the Alzheimer’s paper, it held back knowledge for a very long time. Beyond that thoug
by janalsncm 2y ago
People who fake their results are not advancing knowledge. In the case of the Alzheimer’s paper, it held back knowledge for a very long time.
Beyond that though, these are cases of blatant fraud that steals money from the taxpayer.
- nullc 2y agoThat's more on the field than the fraud, I fear. Papers can make all kinds of serious errors without any fraud, just due to ignorance, incompetence, or error. If one fraudulent actor is massively setting back a field then there is too much trust in published results.