Tag: fraud
How the “Scientific Community” Undermines Its Own Trustworthiness
The “file drawer problem” leads invariably to biased reporting. It refers to scientists deciding not to report negative results.
Should Science Be Publicly Funded at All?
Waste, futility, and fraud are too frequent outcomes of taxpayer funding. Private funding could well be more intelligently directed.
Fossil Friday: The Supposed Oldest Cheetah Was Yet Another Fraud
Even before the publication, the Chinese scientists Deng Tao and Qiu Zhanxiang had revealed the skull to be a crude forgery.
Fossil Friday: The Gupta Scandal
The greatest scientific fraud of the 20th century is not so well known outside of professional paleontologist circles.
Design Detection in the New York Times — The Issue of Science Fraud
When the pincer closes around a pattern, intelligent causation is uniquely implicated.