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Re:N.F.L. Tried to Influence New Concussion Research, Congre... by woodman on Monday May 23, 2016 @08:48PM (#11758162)
That doesn't seem like a very well thought out way of defending a logical endeavor like scientific research. I don't know how you plan to learn what an "organization knows", but lets pretend that is economically feasible - what do you think the logical move is for these bad actors? Well there would be a pretty strong incentive to never "know" anything, so that wouldn't be very good. As it is now, if the funded research is bad then it won't survive for long, and neither will those with their names on the papers. Also, fraud is already a crime - but again I don't know how you plan on demonstrating the "attempting" part.
Re:N.F.L. Tried to Influence New Concussion Research, Congre... by ghgfhgfhn on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @04:40AM (#11759833)
"if the funded research is bad then it won't survive for long" that is not necessarily true.
Re:N.F.L. Tried to Influence New Concussion Research, Congre... by woodman on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:44PM (#11764388)
Ok, I can be more explicit:

If the funded research is bad -- and it is an area of interest (political, social, industrial, etc) -- then it won't survive for long. So you are correct, if Philip Morris funded bad research relating to the mating habits of fruit flies in a zero gravity environment - it is unlikely to be challenged in a timely manner... but as nobody cares, it doesn't matter.

Re:N.F.L. Tried to Influence New Concussion Research, Congre... by ghgfhgfhn on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @11:42AM (#11770539)
I'd also argue that it is possible for cultural bias and injected money to suppress truth over longer time scales - generations.