Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial

Re:Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support ... by shever73 on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:21AM (#38486962)

An example of what Charlie Munger would have called "the power of incentives to cause rationalized, terrible behavior".

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Re:Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support ... by mnode on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:25AM (#38487020)

In this case perverse incentives. Check out 'How not to study a disease: the story of Alzheimer’s' (by Karl Herrup) for a perspective on why this is not at all surprising.

That being said, I think it would be unfair to tarnish all of science with this brush though. There are many fields that don't suffer these problems nearly as much.

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Re:Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support ... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:52AM (#38487338)

I like that quote a lot. Incentives scale.

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