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Fnord666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Nautilus has an interesting rundown on how scientific fraud happens and what could possibly be done to correct it written in comic book form [nautil.us]. It's a fun little read and oh so true.

The book that it is based on, Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth [macmillan.com], is worth reading as well.

Stuart Ritchie is a Lecturer in the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King's College London. His new book, Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth, explains the ideas in this comic, by Zach Weinersmith, in more detail, telling shocking stories of scientific error and misconduct. It also proposes an abundance of ideas for how to rescue science from its current malaise.

How many soylentils here are in academia, and if so have you felt the pressure of "publish or perish"?

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