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radiobeartime.com • 33 days ago

https://theconversation.com/bogus-scientific-papers-are-enriching-fraudsters-and-slowing-lifesaving-medical-research-248291

Grimly fascinating.

But good news for philosophers!

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jiggott.bsky.social•33 days ago

It really is an odd situation, but when you look at it's clear people are just following the incentives. Freakonomics did 2 episodes on this recently:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-there-so-much-fraud-in-academia-update/
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/can-academic-fraud-be-stopped-update/

radiobeartime.com•33 days ago

Indeed. REF/publish or be damned

jiggott.bsky.social•33 days ago

As someone funnier than me said, "Is now really the best time for scientists to be casting doubt over the evidence base? Some people do not need more excuses to question the science."

davidnewble.bsky.social•33 days ago

I'm all in for good news for philosophers - seeing as I graduated (in 1986) with a degree in the subject...

radiobeartime.com•33 days ago

Gosh. Sorry to hear you’ve been unemployed for 38 years! ;)

davidnewble.bsky.social•33 days ago

😂Perfect degree for a career in journalism actually...(as it teaches you to ask difficult questions).

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