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There's some badly defined stats here, with no info on overlaps between the various groups. But anyway, so what? even nailing these figures down a bit, would th
by retube 14y ago
There's some badly defined stats here, with no info on overlaps between the various groups. But anyway, so what? even nailing these figures down a bit, would they compare less favourably with any other industry? I doubt it: every business I've ever been involved with or studied has benefitted from tactics or stratgegy ranging from underhand to downright illegal.
- beloch 14y agoI'd be very surprised if a quarter of academics believed that falsifying results or plagiarism were key to success in research. Perhaps this is only because fraudulent research is so likely to be discovered and virtually guaranteed to end careers. Still, this shows that a higher standard exists in other fields. Perhaps it's time that we, as a society, demanded greater accountability from the financial sector. Perhaps those found guilty of insider trading, etc. should be banned from work in finance for life.
- retube 14y agoby "industry" I meant commercial ventures, not academic research. But now that you mention it research funded by commercial enterprises tends to be very biased in favour of the enterprises' interests - which i think further strengthens my original thesis above.
- benWTNB 14y agoI think you're right regarding research related academics, but then if you get into the degree machines aka universities these statistics would probably hold true… I remember hearing direct from professors how it was necessary and just part of the program. Depressing but true.