"A Barrage Of Legal Threats Shuts Down Whistleblower Site, Science Fraud"

[Dolphin]

"A Barrage Of Legal Threats Shuts Down Whistleblower Site, Science Fraud" (January 9)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfre...-shuts-down-whistleblower-site-science-fraud/

Fraud, plagiarism, cherry-picked results, poor or non-existent controls, confirmation bias, opaque, missing, or unavailable data, and stonewalling when questioned have gone from being rare to being everyday occurrences.

I thought this was interesting in showing why there can be a problem (and maybe why fields can benefit from non-professionals who can point out when the king isn't wearing any clothes)

And yet consider the consequences to the career of any whistleblower. How many graduate students are likely to turn in their Principal Investigator (PI) knowing that this would dash their hopes of earning a Ph.D.? How many post-docs would do the same, throwing away their chance for a faculty appointment? How many assistant professors would risk receiving tenure by outing a colleague? And how many PIs would be willing to wade into a controversy by bringing charges against the very same peers who review their publications and grant proposals? It isn’t hard to see how this can lead to a culture of omerta (though without worrying about a visit from Luca Brasi).

 

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I may be wrong but Science Fraud appears to be up and accepting submissions.