As the political
debate over Candidate Herman Cain’s reported sexual harassment rages on, there
is an interesting observation, completely unrelated to this critical
question. John Pepple, writing in I Want a New Left
has a nice post on academic fraud.
Although not as
much fun as debunking the science of global warming it appears a Dutch
Social-Psychologist tired of actually collecting data and found it much easier
to just make it up so his theories were supported. Gosh I wish I had thought of that when I was
in school.
Seems to be a
trend developing in the academic world where peer review actually means peer
pass along. It is just so hard to
actually look into someone else’s work when you have that demanding 20 hour a
week academic calendar.
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Sometimes I find a quote that I really like and then I read more of the author or see what else they have written and say "phew" ( that's a technical term I am sure you've run into a few times in your career) I am so glad I explored further before quoting this person or giving them a referral, you know, buying their view lock, stock and barrel. I may be a slow learner but I know I only have two feet to stand on and it isn't good to shoot the footsies.
Thanks for the links...this is such a good reminder.
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