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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by bonoboTP on Friday September 27, 2024 @02:13PM (#41673861)
> social prestige and respect

This one is the showstopper. No matter what you do with rules and regulations, if people aren't impressed by it at a watercooler conversation, or when chatting at a cocktail party at a conference, or when showing a politician around in your lab then nothing else matters.

How prestigious something is is not a lever you control.

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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by BobaFloutist on Friday September 27, 2024 @02:43PM (#41674148)
There absolutely exist skilled scientists that would happily make a living unglamorously replicating studies, if the money was there.

Prestige is a nice motivator, but making a living at all is always the baseline, and is often sufficient.

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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by jimbokun on Friday September 27, 2024 @03:56PM (#41674914)
There needs to be a new norm where prestige and respect is conveyed by having a replicated result. Not just the initial paper.
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