Science, Now Under Scrutiny Itself

Re:Science, Now Under Scrutiny Itself by steve19 on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @06:10PM (#9735628)

Science has not changed, nor has bad science. There gave always been incentives to produce bad science, just like there has always been a moral incentive to produce good science.

The religious zeal I think comes from fan boys/girls not from scientists themselves.

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Re:Science, Now Under Scrutiny Itself by kijin on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @08:22PM (#9736088)

True, there's always been bad science.

The increase in retractions can mean either that (1) there's more bad science now than there was before, or (2) we've got better at spotting bad science. Without further evidence, it's difficult to tell which one is the case. Perhaps it's a mix of both.

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Re:Science, Now Under Scrutiny Itself by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @08:50PM (#9736160)

I'd go with (1), caused by funding pressure. If your career can't survive when you do good science, you'll do bad science.

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