I haven’t seen someone confess to this type of science fraud. They mostly deny, say nothing, or mumble “I don’t know how that could have happened.” It would be

I haven’t seen someone confess to this type of science fraud. They mostly deny, say nothing, or mumble “I don’t know how that could have happened.” It would be a service to the world for someone to come clean and explain their actions and motivations. It has happened in other fields — Bernie Madoff gave a good account.