Re:Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by ...
by _jal on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @08:35PM
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> Every non-scientist thinks that detecting this fraud is easy.
Eh, this working engineer doesn't think so. Freeform fraud detection is a hard problem in general, and when you're talking about (apparent) cutting-edge research, the pool of people who might spot specific details is tiny.
A low probability of detection does suggest that the penalty should be relatively high to have a deterrent effect.
That's a great idea, but who is going to pay for it?
Every scientist knows that it's more than possible to publish deliberately fraudulent work. Every non-scientist thinks that detecting this fraud is easy.