1/3 of Scientific Papers Fraudulent

[HoosierLife]

Basically, scientists have to keep getting published or their careers stall out.

Trust the science…

A third of scientific papers may be fraudulent | Semafor

A new paper analyzing scientific studies finds that many of them are plagiarized or faked.

www.semafor.com

 

[actaeon277]

probably low balling it

 

[Ingomike]

Unfortunately not new, been reading this for several years. Just another crack in the wall…

 

[cosermann]

Science is merely a tool to be used or misused by human beings.

Lots of drivers: need to publish, academic pride, corruption, activist research to provide a reference for appeals to authority, incompetence, and the list goes on.

Let's not forget. . .

What an Audacious Hoax Reveals About Academia

Three scholars wrote 20 fake papers using fashionable jargon to argue for ridiculous conclusions.

www.theatlantic.com

John Stossel: The left's war on science

We've been told conservatives don't believe in science and that there's a "Republican war on science."

www.foxnews.com

Study delivers bleak verdict on validity of psychology experiment results

Of 100 studies published in top-ranking journals in 2008, 75% of social psychology experiments and half of cognitive studies failed the replication test

www.theguardian.com

Study can't confirm lab results for many cancer experiments

An eight-year project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research has reached a conclusion.

apnews.com

Big Science is broken

And fixing it won't be easy

theweek.com

 

[dieselrealtor]

science, falsely so called

 

[HoosierLife]

science, falsely so called

Ain’t that the truth.

 

[ZurokSlayer7X9]

True Science isn't the issue. It's mainly these people turning "science" into a religion. They always use "science" as a metaphorical cudgel to crush the heads of any "heathens" that would dare stand in their way on the open battlefield of a debate. It mainly stems from an appeal to authority, as the designated clergy of this religion are the "infallible" experts who couldn't be bought or paid for in any way.

There are many advanced fields that I know little about that an expert would know much more than me, but there is such a thing as mistakes, rudimentary understanding of things, and corruption, especially when governments are involved, and said measures involve restricting freedoms.

 

[Shadow01]

Any endeavor that results in wealth being distributed to the participating parties can never be without corruption