Don't Become a Scientist (1999)

Re:Don't Become a Scientist (1999) by vacri on Sunday May 18, 2014 @06:09PM (#7764619)

Munchausen by Proxy is not something you want to do in science - it's explicitly faking data (child injuries) so you get attention that you desire. It's not causing the problem, but faking the problem. MbP definitely is a very serious problem, but it's not the problem that the parent claims is happening. A better semantic fit for the science world for MbP would be faking data to get grant money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchausen_syndrome_by_pro...

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Re:Don't Become a Scientist (1999) by analog31 on Sunday May 18, 2014 @07:00PM (#7764774)

Thanks. I realize that my analogy was a stretch, but I didn't realize it was that much of a stretch. ;)

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Re:Don't Become a Scientist (1999) by vacri on Sunday May 18, 2014 @07:30PM (#7764893)

It kind've fit, but not quite. I hadn't heard it in a context other than the literal before, which was interesting to see. :)

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