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Academia has little to no credibility. As essential part of academic ethos is the tenet that there is no truth.
1 posted on 10/01/2022 6:31:17 PM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth

Is this some of the “settled science” we hear so much about?


2 posted on 10/01/2022 6:32:30 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: T Ruth

Are bogus climate change papers being withdrawn? They certainly should be!


3 posted on 10/01/2022 6:32:58 PM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: T Ruth
My own view as someone who left academia after becoming a Harvard professor is that corruption has infiltrated the academy along with careerism and politicization. Correcting the situation will not be easy, but a first step would be to institute criminal penalties for research and review fraud. A “cultural revolution” of sorts is needed in academia, with a pervasive ethic of honesty enforced by social pressure as well as laws.

Yeah that'll happen. LOL.

4 posted on 10/01/2022 6:33:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: T Ruth

The papers from Portland State University’s Peter Boghossian, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay are my favorites:

https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2018/10/09/a-portland-state-university-professor-made-up-a-study-of-dog-on-dog-sexual-assault-and-got-the-hoax-published/

Top marks to them.


5 posted on 10/01/2022 6:38:32 PM PDT by PfromHoGro (Orwell was optimistic.)
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To: T Ruth

It turns out the science deniers are the scientists themselves.


6 posted on 10/01/2022 6:44:57 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo (“Sure we’ll have Fascism here, but it will come as an anti-Fascism movement.”  - Huey Long)
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To: T Ruth

But but but it’s all settled science.


7 posted on 10/01/2022 6:47:55 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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Wondering if Dr Mercola is still being threatened for his non-conforming publications/articles.


9 posted on 10/01/2022 6:56:58 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: T Ruth

Book mark.


11 posted on 10/01/2022 7:47:56 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: T Ruth

An oldie but goodie...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7915-most-scientific-papers-are-probably-wrong/


12 posted on 10/01/2022 7:50:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: T Ruth

Cheating seems to be everywhere...

Cheating Scandal Rocks Lake Erie Fishing Tournament
Anglers Caught Stuffing Their Catch With Lead Weights And Other Fish Filets
https://rantingly.com/cheating-scandal-rocks-lake-erie-fishing-tournament/


14 posted on 10/01/2022 10:41:43 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: T Ruth
The educational community has gotten so far away from the Scientific Method that it now accepts “consensus” as truth. If I had agreed with that attitude I never would have been permitted to graduate from high school.
15 posted on 10/01/2022 10:50:43 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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I’m betting pro-transgender papers were faked. Trans activists don’t care about reality.


16 posted on 10/01/2022 11:18:00 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: T Ruth

What they’ve done is outright fraud for many decades. They’ve made themselves ultra rich soaking taxpayer dollars with their phony research grants. They think they’re above the law since they donate so much to democrat campaigns. Harsh penalties need to be meted out so they stop doing this and they never attempt it again.

Hah, who am I kidding? They aren’t going to stop because it’s become big business for them and they buy protection from the democrat swamp.


17 posted on 10/01/2022 11:20:45 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: T Ruth

Laws would make no difference, because it is the government which is driving the fraud — the same government which would be expected to enforce the laws.

For decades, no research happened which was not in response to a grant. To get a grant, you must satisfy a grant issuer that you will produce research results that the issuer will like. To KEEP getting Grant’s, your results need to keep the grant issues happy.

No researchers who rely on government Grant’s may dispute a vital government narrative.


18 posted on 10/01/2022 11:39:24 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: T Ruth
Re: "institute criminal penalties for research and review fraud"

Useless.

Only political Conservatives would be charged, convicted, fined, jailed, or fired.

20 posted on 10/02/2022 3:26:59 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: T Ruth

it would be interesting to study those papers to see if there was a larger plan or intention involved


21 posted on 10/02/2022 4:23:24 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: T Ruth

follow the science, and its corruption.


22 posted on 10/02/2022 5:03:00 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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The field of the withdrawn work is physics.

I guess there wasn’t enough diversity, inclusion and equity.


23 posted on 10/02/2022 6:58:54 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (i am not responsible for gremlins attacking this tagline)
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To: T Ruth

Wiley ain’t what it used to be.

Sigh.


24 posted on 10/02/2022 7:01:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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